to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to be of help; to be useful; to go toward
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to be powered on; to be turned on
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
story; tale; talk; discussion
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to be needed; to be wanted
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
arm; skill; efforts; ability
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
briskly; quickly; promptly
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
ten; 10; ten years of age
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom