serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
drinker; person who can hold their drink
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to half-rise to one's feet
(some) more; even more; longer; further
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
small change; coins; small sum of money
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
uncleanliness; dirtiness; (arch.) menses; (arch.) feces (faeces); bathroom
breaking off; snapping off
slap (sound of a flat object continuously striking something); splash
passing shower; streaks of pouring rain