cram school; private tutoring school; juku
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
salted rice-bran paste for pickling; mashed green soybeans
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
Jintan (brand-name breath mint marketed as having various medicinal properties); refreshing candies resembling BBs or metallic dragees
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to mix; to stir; to blend
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
piece; fragment; one (object)
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to