to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
side dish; side menu; sidebar menu
shabu-shabu; thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
buffet; self-service meal
family restaurant (varied menu options, inexpensive); casual dining restaurant
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
self-service drink area in a restaurant (incl. soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc.)
to summon; to get used to call
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
middle-aged couple; middle-aged husband and wife
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
partition of an estate (inheritance)
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
rejection of an inheritance; waiving of inheritance
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
as much as one can take or carry away
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
(on the) aisle; aisle seat
like it or not; like or not like
well-grilled; extra grilled; well-done
hormone; cows' or pigs' offal (entrails)
shoulder roast (e.g. of lamb)
magistrate; shogunate administrator
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
influenced (by); under an influence
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig