regular customer; valued client
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
natural calamity; disaster
being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
of course; certainly; naturally
reason; cause; history; origin
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
to flare up; to fly into a rage
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; (railway) truck; bogie; flatcar
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to hand over; to surrender
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
comfort; consolation; diversion
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
on bad terms; at loggerheads
bento; Japanese box lunch
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
side dish (e.g. vegetables, beans, pickles)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
growing wild (naturally); native
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)