yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
server; (cake) server; (water) dispenser; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
confections; sweets; candy; cake
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
combination; assortment (of goods); assorted basket or box (e.g. of chocolates)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
custom; practice; convention; precedent
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
relation; connection; relevance
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to take over; to hand over
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
company president; manager; director
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer