counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
maintenance; preservation; improvement
disparate society; stratified society
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; feeling hesitant; feeling nervous; feeling diffident
corridor; hallway; passageway
to relax; to feel at home
to google; to do an online search (for)
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood
to set up shop; to open a store
yearbook; almanac; annual
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
control; check; restraint; inhibition
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
break; pause; halt; (temporary) stop
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
(another's) child; child; kid
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
parentless; orphaned; parentless child; orphan
bureaucratic routine; red tape
dice roll with the desired result; lucky throw of the dice; good luck; stroke of luck; hoped-for result
to indicate; to show; to point to
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
bottom; buttocks; bidet function (for anal cleansing)
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
couch; bench; ottoman; settee
family name; house name; family honour; family honor