service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
repeater; repeat customer; regular customer; person who does the same (negative) act repeatedly
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
after; socializing (with a host or hostess) outside the club
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
posture; position; stance
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to be worried; to be troubled
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
patting; stroking; caressing
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
simply; merely; only; solely
to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to); to become earnest
speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)