serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
welcome!; nice to see you!
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
behavior; behaviour; manner
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to be at a loss for words
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
seeing with one's own eyes; witnessing
fifth day of the month; five days
building time; construction period
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
living thing; living creature; animal; life
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
construction; architecture (of buildings)
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)