lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
in the morning; during the morning
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
store interior; inside of a shop
working adult; full-fledged member of society
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
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)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
sales; selling; marketing
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
reservation system; appointment system; (on) a subscription basis
in person; personally; directly
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
just a minute; small quantity
honorific/polite/humble prefix
please (give me); please (do for me)
backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
to make an appearance; to show up
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
it's been a long time; long time no see
to grow up; to become an adult
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)