counter seat; seat at the counter
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
cave; cavern; den; grotto
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
(a person's) appearance; looks
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
unique; peculiar; singular
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
goggling; rolling (one's eyes)
full of energy; full of liveliness; full of pep
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
one more time; once more; once again
premium; premium; high-class; deluxe
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
coffee cup; spinning teacups (amusement ride)