careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
being drawn to many things; distraction; difficulty of choice; difficulty in choosing; being unable to decide
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
middle of the night; dead of night
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
successive generations; successive emperors
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
energy drink; nutritional supplement drink; vitamin drink
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
by myself; in person; by oneself
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
relatively; comparatively