calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
Shinto priest; chief priest (of a Shinto shrine); Welsh onion
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
happy; cheerful; pleasant
general manager; director-general
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
chief; main; principal; important
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
government office; agency; board
Imperial Household Agency
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to collect; to assemble; to gather
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area; metropolitan area (of a capital)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
at once; immediately; right now
permission; approval; authorization; license