man; male; masculine gender
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
honour; honor; glory; privilege
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
it is I who should say so
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
thoughtless; indiscreet; lacking in common sense; rashness; betraying one's lack of judgment (judgement); absurd
know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack
establishment; settlement
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
excessive; too much; unreasonable
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
outsider; layman; amateur
to say; to be called; to do
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
memory; sense; experience
deadly serious; deadly earnest
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
proper; reasonable; right; appropriate
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
this; our; right; justice; checking account
(large) building; public building; hall