match; game; bout; contest
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to smooth; to harmonize; to facilitate; to streamline
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
summer season; summer; summertime
stuffing oneself with food; eating enough to go without food for some time
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
unproductive; counterproductive
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
blending of Japanese and Western styles
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
interior design; interior; upholstery
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
to keep (a person) waiting
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
air conditioning; air cooling
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
unexpected meeting; coincidence
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to smile (at); to grin (at)
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
older sister; lass; young lady
elder sister; effeminate man
woman's world; feminine environment
evening meal; dinner; supper
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
food delivered from a restaurant
leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
strategy meeting; council of war
to overdo; to do too much
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)