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
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
this; our; right; justice; checking account
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
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)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
menu; schedule; program; menu
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
line; queue; procession; matrix
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
sherbet (frozen dessert); sorbet
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)