still life (painting, drawing)
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
ceremony to mark completion
construction; establishment
your company; your shrine
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
rapid development; rapid unfolding
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
revolting; rebellion; going against; contradiction; antinomy
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
secrecy; highly classified information
communication technology; communications technology
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
to say; to be pleased to say
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
eccentric; crank; oddball
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy