credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
full house; all tables full
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
one thin flat object; one sheet
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
understood; I see; OK; present; here
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
buckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
a pair (of shoes or socks)
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
remembrance; recollection; recognition
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"