official announcement; proclamation
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
striking; remarkable; considerable
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
business; trade; operations; sales
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
good-looking; fair; beautiful
at the meeting; on the occasion
finding fault (with); being picky
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
menial; meanness; servility; abject
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
in succession; one by one
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to hang (something) on the wall
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be exhausted; to be tired out
revision (of text); alteration; change
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast