to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
setting a place; setting the table
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
making some money; earning
to return a favor (favour); to repay
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal
Swiss roll; jelly roll; roll cake
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
eating; bite (in fishing)
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
although; but; even though; I wish that
and; thereupon; because of that
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
timewasting; killing time
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
waste of time; killing time
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
coffee (hot, as opposed to iced)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)