counter seat; seat at the counter
raised tatami-floored seating area (usu. in a Japanese restaurant); small separate dining room
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
store interior; inside of a shop
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
forcibly; against one's will
as usual; as is one's habit
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
crisp; staccato; piquant; clear
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
hairstyle with hair cut short to typical men's hair length
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
youthful; young; young-looking
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
truancy; school non-attendance
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
inside one's heart; in one's mind
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
throwing down multiple objects in succession; at once in great numbers
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware