hospitality; service; entertainment
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
(passenger) fare; freight rates; shipping expenses
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
setting sail; departure (from a port)
folded or rolled head towel; towel twisted around one's head
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
financial world; business circles
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
second marriage; remarriage
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for
first cry of a newborn baby
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
(United States of) America; USA
fourth day of the month; four days
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself