Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
of no interest; not interested
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
honorific/polite/humble prefix
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
lump together; put all together
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
danger; peril; hazard; risk
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
Iwate prefecture (Tōhoku area)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
Chinese cooking; Chinese food