bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
(another's) daughter; young lady
to unfold; to unroll; to open
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
discretion; consideration; allowance
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to watch what one says; to mind one's language
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
with glugging (e.g. of liquid being poured, running down)
to stop walking; to pause
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
decision; settlement; definition
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
territory; autonomous region
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat