spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
next; next person; (arch.) room adjoining a noble's parlor
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to dash (water, etc.; on someone or something); to throw (on); to pour (over)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
how; in what way; how about; questionable
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
plural; multiple; plural (number)
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
chain store; retail chain; restaurant chain
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
making efficient; optimization
by means of; due to; because of; according to
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
smooth (i.e. without problems)
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed