to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
go that far; to that extent
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
putting life into; animating; cheering up
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise