to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
very; extremely; excessively
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
New Year's Eve; December 31
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
time; hour; period; class
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
beyond this point; from now on; after this
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
almost; roughly; approximately
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
cecum; caecum; (vermiform) appendix; appendicitis
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected