Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
more than anything; above all else
clientele; customer stratum
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
cost of a meal (or meals)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
depending on; dependent on
transactions; dealings; business
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box
set meal; special (of the day)
amount of money; sum of money
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
serious look (on one's face); straight face
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
tax included (e.g. price); before tax (e.g. salary)
tax excluded; excluding tax
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
main question; real issue at hand
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution