returning from school; going home from school
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
love affair; love relationship
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
eating while standing; eating at a (street) stall
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
resignation; acceptance; consolation
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; bizarre; strange
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
chopstick envelope; chopstick wrapper; paper envelope in which chopsticks are presented
hair on the back of one's head
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee