soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
secret; private; surreptitious
costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)
what the hell?; what are you going on about?; what the hell are you doing?; you've got to be kidding
to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
to talk; to carry meaning
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
private affairs; personal matter
individual; one by one; separate; each
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
degenerate; pervert; deviant
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
molester; groper; masher; pervert
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
close; intimate; on good terms
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
possible; likely; probable
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
all you want; as much as one wants