secret; private; surreptitious
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
while; during; while; although; all; both
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
originally; by nature; from the start
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
supply; provision; raising; procurement
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
in one's own way or style
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
intelligence gathering; information gathering
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...