let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
Niigata (city, prefecture)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to understand (each other); to comprehend
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
thickly; stickily; viscously
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
deep-fried horse mackerel
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
to be flexible; to be accommodating
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
such ... as; or some such
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
when it becomes; when it comes to
to be surprised; to be astonished
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
bento; Japanese box lunch
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person