curious; strange; unusual
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
article to be delivered; present
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
reception room; parlor; parlour
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to keep (a person) waiting
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
imagination; supposition; guess
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
shoji (paper sliding door)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
year in, year out; always; 24-7
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
reason; cause; history; origin
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
something; some kind of; for some reason
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not