favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
when it becomes; when it comes to
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who raised a matter
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
interior (of building, room, vehicle, etc.); interior design
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
somewhat below; slightly below
to become dull; to become lifeless; to get bored; to lose interest; to lose value after a peak (e.g. stock); to weaken (of the market)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
hostess (of a party, event, etc.); hostess (at a bar, club, etc.); female host (of a TV or radio show)
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
foreign; abroad; overseas
average per-customer spending; average sales per customer
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)