handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
going out (of a noble, shogun, royalty, etc.); visit; attendance
lower half of the body; nether parts
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
to get late; to advance; to wear on
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
ordinary (esp. life or behavior); typical; conventional; standard; average
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
all-night vigil over a body; wake
to intend; to be sure that
late at night; deep in the night
agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue; various
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
reluctant to; not inclined to; disinclined; unwilling
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
systematic; organized; organizational
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to cower in fear; to be scared; to be nervous
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce