setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
showing one's face in public; facing another person
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
third day of the month; three days
lecture attendance; auditing
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
to overflow from something full
watching while standing (e.g. a play)
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
All Seats Sold, Thank You; full house; sell-out crowd
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
success; prosperity; boom
degree of attention; profile
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
real estate company; real estate firm; property firm
tall building; high-rise building
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
new product; new line (of products)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
(TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; talent; skill; talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
popular name; common name; given name
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak