American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
anecdote; brief (comic) story
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
deep affection; dear; beloved
Richard; Richards; Richart; Ritchard
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to live; to reside; to inhabit
spirit photography; ghost photography
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
living person; the living
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing; tomb robbing
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to be satisfied (with); to find satisfactory
naturalization; naturalisation
to enter into diplomatic relations
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
the ancients; ancient people
sarcophagus; stone coffin
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
in history; ever; historical
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)