reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
pay-your-own-way system (e.g. for a wedding reception); entrance fee system; membership fee system
attendance; presence; appearance
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
too (much); overly; excessively
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
bye-bye; goodbye; saying goodbye; parting
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
locational advantage; advantageous position
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble