soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
sorry; excuse me; thank you
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
by myself; in person; by oneself
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
working adult; full-fledged member of society
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
illumination; decorative lighting
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
to shake; to sway; to waver
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you