good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
head; brains; intellect; understanding
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
invisibly; secretly; privately
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
change; alteration; modification
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
stealthy steps; soft steps
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
unmarried; not yet married
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
aging; wearing out; deterioration
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
irritation; annoyance; frustration
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
blood relationship; blood relative
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)