to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
putting life into; animating; cheering up
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
go that far; to that extent
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
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
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum