hotelier; hotelkeeper; hotel manager; hotel worker
freshman; newly hired career-track company employee
re-coating (e.g. repainting, respraying, etc.)
silver wedding (anniversary)
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
Tokyo Skytree; broadcasting tower with observation deck in Sumida ward, Tokyo, Japan
function; facility; faculty; feature
houseboat; pleasure boat (large, roofed)
mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot
airline ticket; plane ticket; air ticket
to make (someone) learn; to be accustomed to ...; to be used to ...; to always ...
entering and leaving hospital
rich in personality; of great individuality; highly individual; expressive of one's personality
(small crunchy) dried sardines
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
pliantly; pliably; subserviently; ingratiatingly; servilely
please sit down; please have a seat
slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
standing on one's feet for a long time
ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker