dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
pitch dark; total darkness
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
along; parallel to; in accordance with
detour; circumvention; turning movement
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
order; sequence; procedure
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
noted product; local specialty
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long