once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
Iron Chef (Japanese television program, 1993-1999)
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
connection; link; relationship
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
height (of body); stature
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
shopping centre; shopping center; mall
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
8000; eight thousand; many
optician; optician's store
magnifying glass; wrestler of the lowest rank
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
business world; business circles; (the) industry
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation