closing time; lockup; curfew
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
keeping things tidy and in order
favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
opening and shutting; opening and closing
back off!; leave me alone!
at the last moment; this late in the game
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
act of violence; violent behavior
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
potato chips; potato crisps
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests