nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
so; like this; in this way
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
impassioned speech; fervent speech
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
to care for someone; to look after someone
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
honorific/polite/humble prefix
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
beyond that point; after that
business; trade; operations; sales
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately