hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
to sustain a serious wound
hypo- (indicating the lowest oxidation state)
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
request; appeal; claim; purchase
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to be embarrassed; to lose face
cutting in line; queue jumping
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
general idea; concept; notion
common people; ordinary people; masses
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
unicorn; narwhal; qilin (Chinese unicorn)
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
slitheringly; wriggling, slipping and sliding
maid; helper; help; assistance
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to strangle; to constrict
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)