prior engagement; previous appointment; prior agreement; previous promise; previous contract
another day; some other day
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; failure to pay back one's debt
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to walk away; to saunter off
being about to cry; the verge of tears
crying face; face of a person who is crying
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
being very busy; busyness
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
practicability; feasibility; operability; expected implementation
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to choose (and take); to select; to pick (out)
counter-proposal; counter-suggestion
in the end; at the end of the day
last days; the end; one's fate
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
-less; lacking; non-existing
to stop talking; to be silent
genuineness or spuriousness; authenticity; the genuine and the spurious
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
to acquire a position; to hold an appointment
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
intimidation; threat; bluster
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into