speech; words; one's lines; remarks
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
immediately; at once; instantly
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
no vacancy; full occupancy
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
to happen to meet; to come across
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
journey; route of a journey
tenth day of the month; ten days
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
good-quality; superior in quality
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
quality (of a product or a service)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
to hang (something) on the wall
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
standard; set; routine; decided