liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water; cold boiled rice
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
man; male; masculine gender
ahead; before; the future; pardon me for leaving (first)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
sorry; excuse me; thank you
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
bell pepper (esp. green); green pepper; sweet pepper; capsicum
high-salt miso; salty miso; spicy miso
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
somewhat below; slightly below
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
deep-fried horse mackerel
yen (currency of Japan); circle
mabo nasu; fried eggplant with minced meat and chili sauce
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though