taking pictures (for a wedding, etc.) prior to the event
red paper restaurant lantern; cheap eating and drinking place
cooking, eating and drinking
husband and wife travelling together (traveling)
sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae); red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)
taking care of everything; no need to do anything
preview (of an exhibition); private viewing
pro among pros; best of the best; top tier; ultimate professional; player's player
room clerk (hotel); steward (ship)
waiting list (waiting for a cancellation)
enka singer; singer of Japanese traditional ballads
half-holiday; taking half of the day off
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
succession; continuation; series; sequence
coming to an embassy, theatre, library, etc.
to go into labor; to go into labour
proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant
hotel worker; hotelman; hotelkeeper; hotelier
ambulance crew; ambulance squad; rescue squad
(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
private clinician; physician in private practice
to finish reading; to read through
maternity leave; paternity leave
son and heir; son who will succeed one
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
image of a bride dressed in her wedding gown (wedding kimono, etc.)
incessant working; working non-stop
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
first cry of a newborn baby
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)