to suffer; to groan; to be worried
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
party given in recognition of a person's services
merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant); chance customer; customer without an introduction from a regular customer
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
full-course dinner; multicourse meal
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
runner-up; second (in a race)
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity