hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
conditions of a location; suitability of a location; convenience of a location
to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
expression; presentation; representation; notation
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
expression; look; countenance; face
observation; survey; watching
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
being born between January 1 and April 1 (school entrance date)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; housing; enclosure; cabinet; chassis
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
insertion slot (e.g. coins, tickets); input port
click-clack; clickety-click; clicking sound; clattering sound
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
dozens; scores of; decades
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than