endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
time; hour; period; class
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
merchant's home; rented home; store; shop
outside of; not covered by
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
bill (at a restaurant); check
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
(your) daughter; young woman
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
business trip; official trip
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving