ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
an honest man; a good citizen
two persons; two people; pair; couple
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
Arima Kinen (Arima Commemorative); major 2500m race for 3yo thoroughbred horses
ceremony; celebration; law code
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
100,000; hundred thousand
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
slot machine in a pachinko parlor (parlour)