tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to be discouraged; to shrink from
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to cause laughter; to extract a smile
to be softened; to calm down
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
first class plus; extra special
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
head; lead; vanguard; first
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
station; office; guardroom
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion