to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
understood; I see; OK; present; here
earnings from a part-time job
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
prohibition; inhibition; ban
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
first meeting; first interview with
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to rally; to make a comeback
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to entrust; to leave to a person
to say; to be called; to do
it's been a long time; long time no see
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction