to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
morning; breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special; morning dress; morning coat
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
family-oriented; familial
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
to get on well (with someone); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse
dehumidifier; dehumidification machine
introduction; bringing in; installation; introduction (to a story, lecture, etc.); introductory part
tosa (dog breed); Shikoku (dog breed)
hurriedly; hurry-scurry; helter-skelter
foreign (product, esp. agricultural); of foreign manufacture
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
stretcher; litter; gurney
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
as much as one can; as much as possible
inconvenient (residence); unpleasant (surroundings); difficult (to live in)
theatre; theater; playhouse
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence
rehash; (boring) rerun; second brew of tea
Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
(point of) similarity; resemblance
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
transsexual; gender swap (in fiction); genderswap; total station; tracking stock
passionate; ardent; enthusiastic
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
second arrow; second move; second step
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
apropos of nothing; to change the subject
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all