robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
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
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
university student; college student
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
evening meal; dinner; supper
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
largescale blackfish (Girella punctata)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
nasal hair; nose hair; being infatuated with women; fool
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
declaration of war; proclamation of war
incident; affair; happening; event
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
seitai; manipulative therapy based on Chinese and Japanese traditions, and encompassing osteopathy, massage and chiropractic
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building