hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
seat at a table; place at a table
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
this (very thing); this precisely
something; some kind of; for some reason
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
surroundings; environs; circumference
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)