store; shop; establishment; restaurant
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
immediately carrying out (a plan)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
innocent verdict; "not guilty" verdict
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
garden (esp. with trees); park
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)