oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
about when; about what time; how soon
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to ask; to enquire; to query
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
it is not (like that) either
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to raise one's voice; to shout
large serving; large portion
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing