doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
night view; night skyline; nightscape
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
special order; custom order; bespoke (goods)
Calpis (Japanese milk-based soft drink)
Nagano (city, prefecture)
in good health; alive and well; going strong
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
one's sister-in-law; stepsister (elder)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
economical; efficient; lean; compact
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
magnetic body; magnetic substance
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
ultrashort-wave; very high frequency
(television, radio, etc.) receiver
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on