favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
in that way; thus; so; so?
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
bad pun; corny joke; worn-out joke; dad joke
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
the people; citizens; the populace
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
time; hour; season; time of the year
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she