middle of the night; dead of night
suspicious-looking; fishy
cooking class; cookery school
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
melodic incoming call tones (esp. mobile telephones); ringtone; ring tone
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
pure heart; naivete; innocence
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
please; somehow or other; one way or another
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
during a telephone call; busy line
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
four-legged tray for festive food
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
lidded plastic container; Tupperware
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
being on duty; person on duty
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
to be infected; to be contagious
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)