business hours; opening hours; office hours
5th day of the month; five days
summer festival; summer matsuri
winter festival; winter matsuri
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
no sleep or rest; working day and night
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
father and mother; parents
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents; ungrateful child; unfilial child
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
yearned for; longed for; missed
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to run up to; to rush over
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
cost price; purchase price; cost; production cost; manufacturing cost; prime cost
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
because of; owing to; due to
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
to be fulfilled; to be satisfied
stirring; rousing oneself