skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings
toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom
blunder; slip; error; error
the other day; some time ago; recently
shed; shelter; terminal (e.g. cargo, airport, etc.); temporary covering of a building being built
box lunches for delivery; catering meal
scallion; shallot; green onion; spring onion
boasting; bragging; talking big
to pull together with the hands; to adjust (e.g. one's collar); to arrange
to pursue an illusion; to pursue a fantasy; to pursue phantoms
extra charge; specially reduced charge
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
drinker; person fond of alcohol (as opposed to sweets); person fond of spicy food
corridor; gallery; platform; passageway
watering can; watering pot; sprinkling can
to release; to sweep out; to clean out
treating (someone) like an object
Department of the Imperial Household
serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
as soon as possible; at the earliest time
black kite (Milvus migrans); Inverness cape; filcher; sneak thief
old capital; former capital
dirty things (dishes, laundry, etc.)
atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type
the whole year; all the year
Shangdi (creator deity in Chinese folk religion); God
wooden house; frame house (building)
before the end of this year
good-for-nothing son; profligate son
direct; in person; frankness; night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory)