guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
hello; good day; good afternoon
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to happen to meet; to come across
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
don't worry about it; forget about it
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
printout; (computer) printing
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
have a pain in one's chest
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
new menu item; new dish on a menu
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
source of information; intelligence source; message source
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality