to be suspicious (of something or somebody)
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
for use of customers or guests
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
to collapse into; to flop onto
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
audience; attendance; hearers
weird; odd; bizarre; curious
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
that day; the very same day
previous engagement; prior contract
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
slow (slightly pejorative); dull; stupid
close; intimate; on good terms
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to dry up completely; to become stale
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
middle of the night; dead of night
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)