gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
while; during; while; although; all; both
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
one's post; place of work; workplace
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
time; hour; period; class
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
counter seat; seat at the counter
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
freely; frankly; without reserve