central head office; home head office; flagship store
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
conquest; domination; mastery
digitization; digitalization
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
by means of; due to; because of; according to
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
leftovers; half-eaten food; leftover food
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
washing with cold water (without using soap, etc.)
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
recyclable garbage; recyclable waste
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
only; merely; but; no more than
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
preparation; arrangements
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
at work; in the midst of work; working
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
pickled vegetables; pickles
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
after a long time; for the first time in a while
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
branch manager; manager of a branch office