this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
such; this sort of; like this
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
president (of a society); chairman
postwar period; period after Second World War
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
restaurant industry; restaurant business; catering industry
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; Japanese card game similar to President
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!