substitution; alternative; substitute
piling shame on top of shame
commercial value; commodity value; marketability
returned goods; returning purchased goods
strong-willed; strong of heart
person willing to take on a role; willing candidate
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
falling in love; attachment
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
business discussion; negotiation
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
large number (of); many; majority
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
separate case; another matter; different matter; another project
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
manners; behavior; behaviour
just past noon; afternoon
patience; endurance; perseverance
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
check station; checkpoint
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets