duty; function; office; mission; task
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
notice; attention; observation
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
hello; good day; good afternoon
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
how; in what way; how about; questionable
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
tourist information (brochure, map, center)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
of great promise; with a promising future
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
account book; ledger; register
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
(degree of) public interest in forthcoming event or performance; advance reviews
to burst open; to open suddenly (of a door); to change completely; to do a 180
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
free (of charge); gratuitous
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
turning sideways; landscape orientation
while running; while moving; in motion
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner