guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
messenger; envoy; emissary
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
to release; to sweep out; to clean out
garbage dump; scrap heap; rubbish dump; dump; dumpsite
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
dawn; daybreak; beginning
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to dust (shelves, etc.); to use a duster
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to demolish; to take away until nothing remains
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
people; crowd; masses; the public
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run