proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
government worker; public servant; civil servant
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
journey; route of a journey
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
security guard; doorkeeper
mostly involve; principally involve
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
social meeting place; watering hole
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
tub bath; washing oneself in a tub; taking a bath in a washtub; cleaning oneself for religious purification; ablution
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
daily set meal; daily special; plat du jour
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
experimental stage; experimental phase
nutritional value; food value
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
rearrangement (of classes); recomposition; recombination; reclassification
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
crops; agricultural produce
to stay (at); to stop (at)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields