katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
gambling; competition; game (of chance)
freshly boiled (rice); freshly cooked; steaming; piping hot
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
to increase; to add to; to augment
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; intently; earnestly; single-mindedly; trudgingly; ploddingly
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
watering hole; watering place
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove; household; family
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
home; household; family; hearth
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet
one by one; one each; one at a time
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
homemade; made in-house; housemade; made on the premises
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
failure; mistake; blunder
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being