open; public; official; overt
adhesion; conglutination; accretion; collusion; collusive relationship; cozy relationship
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
town girl; girl raised in a town
(one's) peers; people around one
going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)
inconspicuous; unobtrusive; low-profile
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
changing again and again; seesawing back and forth; being in a state of flux
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
distinguished war service; merit of war
branch office; agency; sub-branch
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
disturbance; riot; mayhem
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
well known; well connected
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
holy tree; sacred tree; Christmas tree
well-cured sake; last year's sake; old sake
sake brewery; wine cellar; bar; bar-room
way of eating; how to eat
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications