to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to be stingy; to be tightfisted
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
business trip; official trip
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
I see; that's right; indeed
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to look around; to survey
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
owner of a brothel or restaurant
main discourse; this subject; body (of a speech)
again (and again); once again; yet again
not a little; not a few; considerable
a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to sparkle; to glitter; to twinkle
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
sending (esp. email attachments); forwarding; remitting
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination