kindness; favour; favor; hospitality
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
chilly; unpleasantly cold
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to say; to tell; to state; to do
long; drawn-out; very long
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
practice; practising; experience
to repeat; to do something over again
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
being very busy; busyness
this occasion; at this time; now
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
return of a courtesy; returning one's thanks; return salute; return call
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
exchange of ideas; exchange of opinions; brainstorming
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
some time ago; the other day
to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth