Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
grandfather; male senior-citizen
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
one's principal residence; main home
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
mistress; kept woman; (lit.) No. 2
to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
feelings; thoughts; meaning
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
(turned out) all right in the end
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
going to and fro; back and forth
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
common people; ordinary people; masses
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to employ; to hire; to charter
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam