Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
close; intimate; on good terms
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
so; like this; in this way
senior high school student
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to be found; to be discovered
to come to an end; to close the curtain
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to be kind to; to treat kindly
memories; recollections; reminiscence
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
book; volume; this; present; main; head
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station