highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
embodiment; realization; materialization
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
because of; owing to; due to
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
to be entwined; to be involved
to half-rise to one's feet
out of character; unlike one
rearrangement; reorganization; recounting (an event)
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
social order; public order
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
republicanism; cooperation; working together
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
oppression; suppression; pressure
ideological offense; crime of espousing dangerous ideas; political crime; ideological offender; thought crime
number of times; frequency; count
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
prohibition of sale; ban on sale
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter