usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
business; trade; operations; sales
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
dressed up (in fine clothes)
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
clientele; customer stratum
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
multinational; transnational
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference
Stars and Stripes (US flag); Star-Spangled Banner (US anthem)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
title deed; certificate of title
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa