sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
guardian; protector; patron; parent
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
as (for); for; in the capacity of
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
that day; the very same day
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
no!; no no!; no, not at all
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
difficult to ...; hard to ...
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
company director; board member
when it becomes; when it comes to
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
several people; a few people
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning