preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to choke; to have trouble breathing
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
in advance; beforehand; previously
participation; joining; entry; adherence
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think