just now; a little while back; a short time ago
family restaurant (i.e. a restaurant with varied and inexpensive menu options); casual dining restaurant
standing while holding onto something (of an infant or toddler)
to begin to walk; to set out
party; social event; get-together; compas (Haitian dance music); konpa; kompa
you get what you pay for; cheap and nasty
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
tightening of regulations
clientele; customer stratum
abandoned; out-of-use; obsolete; abolished; decommissioned
dairy cow; dairy cattle; milk cow; milch cow
meat processing; meatpacking
mislabelling of food (e.g. expiry date, country of origin, etc.); food fraud
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
reservation system; appointment system; (on) a subscription basis
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
food steam-boiled in an earthenware teapot
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
to cost little; to come cheap
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
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; hot pot dish where thinly sliced meat is boiled quickly and then dipped in sauce
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
buffet; self-service meal
family restaurant (i.e. a restaurant with varied and inexpensive menu options); casual dining restaurant
buying and eating sweets (esp. of 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 call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
middle-aged couple; middle-aged husband and wife
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration