lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
the other day; lately; recently
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter
bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
memories; recollections; reminiscence
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
interest (in something); enthusiasm
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
even though; despite; when
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
locker room; changing room; dressing room