to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
want to ... do something; would like to ...
anonymity; using an assumed name
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
literally; to the letter; literal
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
young girl; lass; adolescent female
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to blow off; to be blown off
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to get late; to advance; to wear on
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
store interior; inside of a shop
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish