the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
place for boarding vehicles; bus stop; bus terminal; railway platform; taxi stand; jetty
detour; circumvention; turning movement
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
traffic light; signalling mechanism; semaphore (apparatus)
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
branch road; byroad; side street; digression
mall; maul (in rugby); mole; Moor; molding
edge of the eaves; house frontage
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
Japan's best; number one in Japan
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
game arcade; video arcade; penny arcade
take-out; take-away; carry-out
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
green laver (Enteromorpha); green dried seaweed; nori
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
at the meeting; on the occasion
to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon