cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to some extent; to a certain extent
preliminary investigation; preparation
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
comparatively; relatively
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
just past noon; afternoon
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
guidance; leadership; leading the way
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
(present) head of a family
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
sauce; Worcestershire sauce