seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
in person; personally; directly
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)
to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
way; method; means; (technical) specification
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
paella (Spanish rice dish)
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)