to soothe; to calm; to pacify
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
guard; security (officer); guardsman
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
it's been a long time; long time no see
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down
degenerate; pervert; deviant
admiration; wonder; astonishment
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to be busy at work; to work diligently
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
gender; distinction of sex; sex
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
powerful person; influential person
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
maid; helper; help; assistance
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
passing away; dying; death
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
questions and answers; dialogue
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy