preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
suffix for familiar person
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
wrong; different; not like that
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
curious; strange; unusual
to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill
stone mortar; millstone; quern
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to get between; to be caught in
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
maid; helper; help; assistance
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
obstruction of business; interference with business
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident