dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
time; hour; period; class
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
mountain road; mountain trail
to ascend; to go up; to climb
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook