mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
chair; stool; post; office; position
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
welcome!; nice to see you!
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special; special breakfast offer
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
another thing; exception; special case
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
while being out of the office or away from home
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
sports ground; sports oval
to be muddy; to be slushy
club activities; extracurricular activities