café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
daily lunch special; today's set lunch
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
severe; strict; tough; hard
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
brown colour (created by roasting or firing)
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
outrageous lie; outright lie
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
menial; meanness; servility; abject
sweet voice; seductive voice
for today; for the time being
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation