contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
lieutenant general; vice-shogun
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to add (e.g. a postscript)
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
trisection; dividing into three (parts)
finish; end; completion; result
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
store; reserve; stock; savings
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
ornate initial; capital letters; flowers planted to form characters
event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
street stall; stand; booth
ornament; decorative object; figurehead; leader without real power
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
spare time; free time; leisure time
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (musical instrument)
multiracial nation; multiethnic country
to break a dam; to burst out
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
occurrence; happening; taking place; completion
visitor (esp. at a hospital)
being attracted by physical looks only; person who puts much store by good looks