meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
wrong; different; not like that
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to look around; to survey
whole face; all over one's face
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
unpacking (esp. after moving house)
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
logo; Logo (programming language)
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton
sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
standalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.); (book published as a) single volume; tankōbon; individual volume of a manga series