Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
company management; managing a company
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
French; French food; French cuisine
hostess (of a party, event, etc.); hostess (at a bar, club, etc.); female host (of a TV or radio show)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
Hermès (luxury goods brand)
UNIQLO (Japanese clothing retailer)
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
unable to resist; unable to suppress
moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
pitching; pitching (of a ship, aircraft, etc.); pitch
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
family; relatives; dependents; household
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
natural environment; (the) environment
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
reason for being; raison d'être
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject