open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
-off (price reduction); discount; -coated; -plated
return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment
(school) period; period or division of time; time limit
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; normally
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
uncertainty about the future; concern about future prospects
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
confused fight; brawl; melee; scuffle; free-for-all
educational institution; school; academy; campus
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri); autumn bellflower
to have a talk; to tell a story
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to discuss; to talk together
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
town; city; municipal; urban
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto); Jetavana Monastery (India) (abbr); Jetavana-vihara; Yasaka Shrine (Kyoto) (abbr); Gion Festival (abbr); Gion
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets