posture; position; pose; attitude
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
that's a different matter; that's a different story
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
transactions; dealings; business
to help each other; to cooperate
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
secret conference; private consultation; secrecy
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
encouragement; backing; reinforcements
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
check station; checkpoint
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
(arch.) first day of the month; first ten days of the lunar month
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
to dye; to colour; to color
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
helping hand; help; support; aid
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability