satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
great joy; delight; jubilation
drawbridge; bascule bridge
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
invisibly; secretly; privately
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
lodging (house); accommodation; hotel; housing (for government employees)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
scale; scope; plan; structure
fortress; stronghold; citadel
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
attractive middle-aged man
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story; bullshit
marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; daimyo
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
welcome; (warm) reception
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
circular; circulating letter