news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
knowing; (an) acquaintance
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
business; trade; operations; sales
regular customer; valued client
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
beyond that point; after that
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
perfect; complete; flawless
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to be prolonged; to drag on
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to buy more (of something)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
position; location; base; point; site
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
if so; in that case; in that situation