cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
to redeem (from sin); to save
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
older sister; elder sister
while being out of the office or away from home
to take charge during someone's absence
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
feeling of a full stomach after a meal; satisfaction of having a full stomach
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to be too large (of clothing); to be baggy; to be flabby; to lose firmness; to slosh about; to be overflowing (with liquid)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to discuss; to talk together
thereupon; shortly thereafter
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
good humour (humor); good mood
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that