simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
ground wave; terrestrial broadcast signal (i.e. not satellite); terrestrial; over-the-air
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
800,000; eight hundred thousand
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
estimate (of costs); budget
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
to take (be in) charge of
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
cities, towns and villages; municipalities
traditional Japanese dance
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
1,000,000; one million; million; many