inventory; stock; goods; list
to half-rise to one's feet
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
research institute; (research) laboratory
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
mellow (flavor or fragrance; esp. of alcohol); rich; full-bodied; superior
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
weak-headed; can't drink much; can't hold one's liquor; can't take one's drink; easily gets drunk
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
(one's) seating posture; way one sits
to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
question and answer session
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
unique; peculiar; singular
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view
catalogue; catalog; list of betrothal presents; gift register; (table of) contents; certificate of initiation
to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home
(making, launching) concentrated attack (on, against)
plank path (on a steep mountainside, cliff face, etc.); walkway
filtration; filtering; percolation
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream