business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to be of help; to be useful; to go toward
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
else; in addition; besides
to be powered on; to be turned on
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
story; tale; talk; discussion
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
causing a stir; causing a commotion; making a fuss; troublemaker; person who causes a stir
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
briskly; quickly; promptly
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
ten; 10; ten years of age
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)