power; might; authority; influence
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
preliminary test or trial; tryout
good performance; good work; great success
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
pronunciation; production of sound
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
considerably; fairly; quite
serious; severe; grave; acute
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
that's true; of course; obviously
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
the reverse; other side; lining
concealment (of one's vices); veil; cover; overturning; toppling
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
direct descent; direct line
of course; certainly; naturally
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained