return of a courtesy; returning one's thanks; return salute; return call
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
reduced budget; budgetary austerities
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
to take over; to hand over
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
sympathy; empathy; response
that is to say; so that means
irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
development; exploitation
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
be (that) as it may; having said that
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to be found; to be discovered
hayfield; field of miscanthus
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
two days before yesterday; three days back (ago)
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)