repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
Lethal Weapon (series) (film)
prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons); no female admission
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
hey there; I say; see here
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
any more; any further; any better; any longer
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
trouble; bother; annoyance
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
had better ...; had better not ...
to entertain; to make welcome
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
telephone call; telephone (device)
to say; to be called; to do
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
meaning; significance; sense