to write music for a song; to set to music
being entertained by a geisha
conventional and uninteresting; stereotypical and boring; commonplace; unsociable; unfriendly; cold
executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors
feigned tears; crocodile tears
deplorable; alarming; grievous; lamentable
to be saucy (of children); to be impudent; to be cheeky; to be sassy; to be precocious
ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)
major stockholder; large shareholder
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out
incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence
sewing; needlework; embroidery
realistic; graphic; true to life
excellent; superb; first-rate
to be stingy; to be tightfisted
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
putting life into; animating; cheering up
barbershop; barber shop; barber
my husband; one's family; family member
family a woman has married into
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language