unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to face; to go towards; to head towards
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
very; extremely; excessively
dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
gasoline (money); petrol (cost)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
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
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
revealing something that was foreshadowed earlier in the story
speech; words; one's lines; remarks