it's been a long time; long time no see
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
Lydia (Iron Age kingdom of Asia Minor)
about when; about what time; how soon
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
some time ago; the other day
punishment (of an enemy); chastisement
ten to one; nine cases out of ten
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
noninvolvement; nonintervention; neutrality
to form a pair; to pair up
countermeasure; counter-measure
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
being adopted into the family of one's bride
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; medium; channeler
secretive; mysterious; furtive; stealthy; clandestine; sneaky
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to be true to nature; to be lifelike
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
unique; peerless; invaluable; priceless
Anatidae (duck family of birds)