udon served in a pot with broth
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
no!; no no!; no, not at all
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to come back; to return; to recur
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
being very busy; busyness
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
one's house; one's home; one's family
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
preparation; arrangements
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
oozily; seeping out; very damply; humidly
pus; corruption; rot; evils
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos