amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
number of persons; personnel
cut; reduction; curtailment
after that; afterwards; thereafter
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to feel oneself indebted to
fear; dread; fright; willies
wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
commission; entrusting with (work); part-time employee; temporary work
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
set meal; special (of the day)
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
fluent (in a language); flowing
overseas student; exchange student
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet