café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
first meeting; first interview with
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
willpower; energy; vitality
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to make a lasting impression
and; thereupon; because of that
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude