talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
while fumbling one's words; with a stutter
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
very; extremely; excessively
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
no!; no no!; no, not at all
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
contract; compact; agreement
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
now; the present time; just now; another; more
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
foreign; abroad; overseas
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
branch office; branch store
to increase; to add to; to augment
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
serious; not joking; straight
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
reality; actuality; hard fact