polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
return of something; repayment
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
battlefield; battleground
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
government office; public office
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
emotional strength; force of will
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
meeting; greeting; welcome
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
head; chief; boss; leader
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)