serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
royalty and titled nobility
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
fully prepared; all ready
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
Japanese person; Japanese people
to teach (the way); to guide; to instruct; to enlighten
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
something small; something petty; trifle
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
came here; coming here; recently
Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
second (supplementary) sound channel
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to cut corners; to be shoddy