(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
opening a business; opening a practice
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
business; trade; operations; sales
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
varistor; barista; barrister; ballista
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
such; like that; that sort of; very
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything