to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
success; prosperity; boom
interval; break; pause; spare moment
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
(death from) starvation; starving to death
reproachful; hateful; bitter
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
swizzle stick; stir stick; cocktail stirrer
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
Frankfurt (Germany); frankfurter; frank
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
one by one; one at a time; in turn
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic