very popular; highly favoured
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
customer traffic; customers; custom
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
surely; certainly; without doubt
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
product of the land; present; souvenir
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
(social) position; status
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
jokingly; in the form of a joke
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
one-eyed goblin; one-eyed monster
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
very busy (person or thing)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)