yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to have a talk; to tell a story
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
race (of people); type of person
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
stairs; stairway; staircase
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
geothermal energy; terrestrial heat
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
to flare up; to burst into flames
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
even if; even though; however; no matter how
masculine face (on a woman)
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to bubble; to foam; to froth
to complain; to make a complaint
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
udon served in a pot with broth
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically