new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
training (esp. in-service); induction course
backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
leaving the front line; retiring from the game; deserting the battle
stepwise; one step at a time
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
without touching; no touching; not participating in; not being concerned by; without being involved in
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
can't help worrying; besides myself with worry
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
about; concerning; as to; regarding
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
keeping things tidy and in order
complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
treating someone like a child
close; intimate; on good terms
outskirts (of a town); run-down district