weekend; Saturday and Sunday
national holiday; public holiday
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
on duty; at work; while working
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
something; some kind of; for some reason
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to be too large (of clothing); to be baggy; to be flabby; to lose firmness; to slosh about; to be overflowing (with liquid)
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
being cleared (of doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
this and that; all kinds of things; one thing and another
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
file (for holding papers); file (collection of documents); filing; file
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
imitation (of someone, something); impersonation; (vocal) mimicry
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business