serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
probe each other; sound each other out
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
to take someone's life; to kill someone
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
at first; in the beginning; originally
jiangshi; Chinese hopping vampire; reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
eardrum; tympanic membrane
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
musical note; note symbol; phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
raw materials; ingredients
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
panting; gasping; heavy breathing
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
bumpy (e.g. of a rash); knobbly; pimply; easily cut
addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by; managing
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
ahegao; exaggerated facial expression (esp. of females) during sex, usu. with crossed or rolled eyes and a protruding tongue
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank