implementation (e.g. of a feature); installation (of equipment); mounting; packaging
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
hostess (at a bar, cabaret, etc.)
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
to sneak out; to slip out; to slip away; to leave secretly
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
seeing off and meeting on return