service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
to live; to make a living; to get on with
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
(physical) growth; development
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
successively; one after another
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
sound of bubbles (or other small objects) being popped; lumpy sensation (e.g. of food); little bits; small grains
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to paint (draw) a picture
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
another family; another house
discipline; training; teaching manners
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)