guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
business; errand; nature of one's business
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
so; like this; in this way
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
fine jewel; article of excellent quality; beautiful woman; beauty
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll about; to writhe about
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to kick into (e.g. a ball into the goal)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance