in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
money paid to the government
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
discouragement; disappointment
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
to say; to tell; to state; to do
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
leave-taking; offering one's resignation; farewell visit
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
as you see; as you can see
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
minute adjustment; fine tuning
to speak sharply; to sharpen one's tone; to raise one's voice
laryngeal prominence; Adam's apple
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
young girl; lass; adolescent female
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
not counted (in the score); not tallied
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)