planning; project; plan; design
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
thank you for your continued patronage
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)