office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to entertain; to make welcome
to entrust; to leave to a person
puppet government; puppet regime
hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
landowner; landlord; landlady
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
race (of people); type of person
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
act which serves the interests of (benefits) the enemy
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
Labour Party; Labor Party; worker's party
intelligence agency; secret service
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
Japanese nationality; Japanese citizenship
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit