satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
attendance; presence; appearance
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
cooperation; collaboration
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
name; given name; first name
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
two persons; two people; pair; couple
contract; compact; agreement