French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
Mecca; Makkah; mecca; centre for some field or activity (center)
without; but if; otherwise; or else
raising (a question); bringing up (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); (arch.) lifting up
staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
chilly; unpleasantly cold
March; third month of the lunar calendar
blue tarpaulin; blue plastic waterproof sheeting
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!
down jacket; quilted down coat
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
sake sold in a cup rather than a bottle; drinking sake from a regular-size cup rather than from a small sake cup
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
to lean against; to recline on
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
death from cold; freezing to death
preserving in alcohol; pickling one's liver; drinking incessantly; being a souse
reaction; response; reaction
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
drinking bout; merrymaking
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding bed
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
public lavatory; public restroom
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)