honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
it's been a long time; long time no see
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
romantic; spicy; coquettish
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
by all means; by all costs
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
please (give me); please (do for me)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
everybody; every last one of them; all
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
Japan's best; number one in Japan
inari and maki sushi served together
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
along the way; along the road
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord); renter
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler