ghost story; tale of the supernatural
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
menu; schedule; program; menu
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
nothing but; except; no more than
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally