high five; high touch (involvement of personal attention and service)
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
invisibly; secretly; privately
person of common sense; common sense man
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (food); take-out; takeaway
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
real experience; actual observations
one's (living) environment
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
someone who is suddenly quiet and meek; (lit.) borrowed cat
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live in luxury; to be proud; to be haughty
spineless; cowardly; lacking balls; spoiled; spoilt; ruined
series of biographies; lives
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
consists of; comprises; is made up of
countries; (various) nations
dukedom; duchy; principality
historical; traditional; historic
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
geographical name; local name
preface; introduction; preamble
southern tip; southern end; southernmost part
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
advance (forward movement); advance (payment); prepayment
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
branch office; branch store
branch manager; manager of a branch office
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
work clothes; business suit
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
binder; clipboard; binding machine (wheat, etc.); binder