guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
the deceased; the departed
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
meeting hall; assembly hall
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to gather; to collect; to assemble
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
in that way; thus; so; so?
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned