coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; kissaten; traditional type of coffee shop with a retro atmosphere
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
story; tale; talk; discussion
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
period of time; time slot; time zone
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to have a talk; to tell a story
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; (arch.) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved