curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings
difficult to ...; hard to ...
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
sports-minded; sports-oriented
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
not yet known; unknown; strange
to spend time (on doing something)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to lose heart; to lose motivation
it's not like; it isn't as if
continuously; throughout; in succession
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
life; living; I; me; student
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence