opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
even though; despite; when
the other day; a few days ago
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
until now; so far; up to the present
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
shyness; bashfulness; shame
to name; to call; to christen; to term
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
Saitama (city, prefecture)
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
custom; habit; customary practice
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to speak unclearly; to speak inarticulately; to pronounce poorly; to slur one's words; to lisp
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to ask a question; to ask questions
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
accountability; being held accountable
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
should; must; -able; probably; likely
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
cookery school; cooking school; culinary school; culinary academy
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
I see; that's right; indeed
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something