opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
being startled; getting a shock
last week; the week before
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to be needed; to be wanted
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
button (clothing); push-button
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to become fraught with emotion
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner