dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
that day; the very same day
(for) how many days; what day (of the month)
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to invite; to show (someone) in
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
at a stroke; with a single swoop
your visit; your presence
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
lady; matron; mistress; housekeeper
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
large banquet; (arch.) court banquet (Heian period)
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
main guest; guest of honor; guest of honour
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
dining hall (at a temple)
resident; indigenous; always existing
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
to rule; to govern; to administer
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
official duties; office; function
priest; (arch.) member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system; (arch.) government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto; (arch.) prominent member of a town; river boatman; captain of a riverboat; (arch.) (medieval) harbor manager
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
wintry mountain; mountain that is often climbed during the winter
difficult problem or question
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
one's house; one's home; one's family