serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
woman who is obsessed with the education of her children
large amount of money; great cost
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
limited express (train, faster than an express)
situation comedy; sitcom; family comedy
rail car (esp. a small one used in mines, logging, etc.); trolley; tram
steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
one vehicle; one ryō (an old coin)
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
superior; superiors; senior
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
scene change; cutaway; cut
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
ardent; passionate; vehement
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
background research; research into the period
burned down; entirely destroyed