request; favour (to ask); wish; please
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
staff who serve or assist customers or visitors (e.g. restaurant, pachinko parlour, etc.)
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
than; other than; except; but
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
fire pan; heating; first lighting (e.g. furnace); firing (e.g. forest); pasteurization
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
one way or the other; either way
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to be able to manage somehow or another
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
one thin flat object; one sheet
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to be needed; to be wanted
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)