deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)
vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
joint together; opposite; facing
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus); redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
second; number two; runner-up
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
wind blowing through fresh verdure; mountain air
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
politeness; good manners; courtesy; etiquette
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
juvenile Japanese sea perch (usu. 2-3 years in age and 40-60 cm in length)
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
middle of the night; dead of night
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
older sister; elder sister
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
two meals; (eating) two meals a day
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily