naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
fee; charge; rate; material
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
society; the world; the times
stray sheep; lost lamb; (fig.) person at a loss for what to do
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
earthly paradise; heaven on earth
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
this is why; this means; it is the case that
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
store interior; inside of a shop
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
had better ...; had better not ...
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
the scruff or nape of the neck
forcibly; against one's will
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
senior high school; high school
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step