a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
indicate reason; infers some protest
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
greeting; a fine thing to say
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever (old name)
to do; to commit; to accomplish; to achieve
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to say; to tell; to state; to do
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
how many times; how often
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
as before; as ever; as it was originally
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination