hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
long; drawn-out; very long
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
dominion; territory; possession
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to shave off; to scrape off
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
possible; likely; probable
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
to speak; to say; to vocalize
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to look forward to something
writing; composition; essay; sentence
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
emperor (of Japan); mikado
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean