guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
1,000,000; one million; million; many
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
river; stream; River; the ... river
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
established; existing; accomplished; accepted; completed
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
independence; self-reliance
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
pardon me for leaving (first)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
production output; number of goods manufactured
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
counter for things inside a bag
at a moment's notice; readily
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected