popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
one by one; one each; one at a time
thank you for your continued patronage
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
good; goodness; right; virtue
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to be reflected in a mirror
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to not take seriously; to take lightly
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to crash; to degenerate; to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to be erected; to be built
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
emergency; crisis; imminent danger; Vulnerable (conservation status); VU
surely (not); certainly (not)
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
abstention; nonparticipation
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
view without saying a word; tacit permission