most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
materials; data; document
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
considerably; fairly; quite
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
Iwate prefecture (Tōhoku area)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
shabu-shabu; thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
even if; even though; however; no matter how