highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to gather; to collect; to assemble
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
beginning; outset; first; onset
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
to pass (of time); to elapse
of course; certainly; naturally
just because; even if; even though
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to be needed; to be wanted
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
instead; but (on the other hand)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
please (give me); please (do for me)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly