hobby;  pastime;  tastes;  preference;  liking
 meeting up;  gathering;  assembly;  set
 thank you;  thanks;  much (thanks);  very (sorry);  quite;  really;  somehow
 How do you do?;  I am glad to meet you
 best regards;  please take care of;  please do
 going out to shop;  going shopping;  buying in quantity;  buying wholesale;  bulk purchasing
 confluence (of rivers);  merge (of traffic);  conflux;  union (e.g. of forces);  linking up;  merging
 café;  cafe;  coffeehouse;  hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
 slowly;  quietly;  steadily;  soon;  momentarily;  before long
 about to start out;  just about to leave or go out;  outing;  trip
 place;  location;  room;  space;  basho;  wrestling tournament
 to put in;  to let in;  to admit;  to accept;  to accept;  to comply;  to include
 (non-documentary) television series;  TV drama;  teledrama;  drama;  dramatic incident;  spectacle
 song;  singing;  classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka);  modern poetry
 joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges);  combined party;  mixer;  two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
 next;  following;  subsequent;  stage;  station
 last time;  last inning;  last part;  final episode (of a television program)
 somehow;  how;  in what way;  why;  what kind of
 happiness;  good fortune;  luck;  blessing
 to seize;  to catch;  to obtain;  to acquire;  to understand;  to grasp
 to end;  to come to an end;  to close;  to finish
 to permit;  to allow;  to forgive;  to pardon;  to exempt (someone) from;  to remit;  to acknowledge
 long-lived program (on TV, radio, etc.);  long runner
 dweller;  inhabitant;  resident;  user (of a website)
 pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
 (not) anyone;  (not) a single person;  no one;  nobody
 most;  highest;  maximum;  best;  wonderful;  finest
 shivering;  feeling chilly;  shuddering (with fear);  feeling creepy;  thrilled;  excited
 to feel irritated;  to feel offended;  to feel angry;  to feel sick;  to feel nauseous
 (cutting) with a single stroke;  lopping off (branches, etc.);  (cutting hair) short;  drastically (slash a budget, etc.);  resolutely;  ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
 to cut;  to cut through;  to sever (connections, ties);  to turn off (e.g. the light);  to terminate (e.g. a conversation);  to hang up (the phone);  to punch (a ticket)
 all members;  all hands;  everyone;  everybody;  whole crew
 river;  stream;  River;  the ... river
 gō;  traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres;  gō;  traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square;  one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain;  conjunction;  sum
 eternity;  permanence;  perpetuity;  Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
 exile;  banishment;  eviction;  elimination (e.g. of poverty);  removal