Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
prime minister's official residence
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
please; somehow or other; one way or another
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
printing; typing; printed character; typed character; character(s) carved onto a seal
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
order of chivalry; chivalric order