travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
long time; several hours; long spell
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); unable to read the room
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable stand (idly) by; to be unable to look on with indifference; to be unable to remain a mere spectator
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along a surface; being slippery
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
contact information (address, phone number, etc.)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
(Western) clothing store; clothes shop; tailor; dressmaker; tailor's shop
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this