one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
grounds south of a building; southern garden; garden south of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in the Kyoto Imperial Palace)
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
bribe; sweetener; douceur
accounting; administration (of money)
a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
leading person; foremost figure
having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily
with a whizz; whistling sound; whizzing by; gushing out (e.g. of blood)
living together; coexistence
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
defense capability; defence capability
independence; self-reliance
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
clicking (with someone); feeling an immediate connection; beep beep beep (e.g. of an alarm)
sender; consignor; remitter
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation