hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
one's own style; self-taught manner
number of copies; circulation
waking up early; getting up early; early rising
photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
tattoo (esp. not traditional Japanese)
disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster
criminal nature; criminality
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
please be careful; please take care
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
poop; faeces; feces; crap; trash; garbage
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
conversion; shift; about-face; switch