consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
three times; thrice; third (musical interval)
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
self-service drink area in a restaurant (incl. soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc.)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
standard; set; routine; decided
don't you think?; indicates question
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to be needed; to be wanted
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily