receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
sense of space; spaciousness
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
to entertain; to make welcome
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to be at a loss for words
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
polite; courteous; hospitable
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
interruption; suspension; break
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order