careful; elaborate; scrupulous
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
failure; mistake; blunder
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to make merry; to be festive
go on!; right!; here goes!
very important person; VIP
very important person; VIP
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
common people; ordinary people; masses
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
to forget to say; to forget to mention
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
along the road; along the way
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)