waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
headquarters; head office; main office
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
extremists; radicals; militants
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to blossom; to flower; to bloom; to flower (of a civilization, talent, etc.); to flourish; to become widespread
disturbance; upheaval; unrest; war; riot
preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
national defence; national defense
private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system); old man; white ash (of charcoal)
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind