to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to recall; to remember; to recollect
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
daytime; noon; broad daylight
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to raise one's voice; to shout
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
student (esp. a university student)
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
finding employment; getting a job
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
no, not like that (but like this)