preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
assertion; declaration; affirmation
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
much less; to say nothing of
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
by myself; in person; by oneself
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
minimum; at the very least
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
script reading; scenario reading; avid reader; bookworm; reading a book; reading books
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests