café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
to snatch from; to steal from
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
from the viewpoint of; according to
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
just because; even if; even though
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
fuel consumption; gas mileage
one machine; one aircraft; one life
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
head; lead; vanguard; first
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
preservation; retainment; keeping
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
second; number two; runner-up
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
much less; to say nothing of
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to join together; to combine; to join up
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation