Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
takoyaki pan (cast iron with semi-spherical molds)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
both; both sides; both parties
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to look young; to seem young
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
monetary; financial; pecuniary
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
football juggling; soccer ball juggling; lifting (in a rugby line-out); (breast) lifting surgery
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons