road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
new building; new construction
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
several people; a few people
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant); chance customer; customer without an introduction from a regular customer
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
drinking party; get-together
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
set meal; special (of the day)
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
senior high school student
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
clean water; purified water
carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to lean against; to set against
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
many; much; plenty; hardly
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event