thank you for your continued patronage
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.)
as soon as possible; ASAP
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
popular line (of products); best-selling line; hot sellers
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
almost (did); nearly (did)
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
inspection; examination; survey
to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
classical elegance; antiquity
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
jack of all trades, master of none
early; right away; at once; early time; early stage (in one's life, etc.)
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
heap; pile; stack; full measure
strange thing; odd thing; how absurd!; preposterous!
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori
mangy cur; low animal; beast
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
overnight; since last night
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
crummy; shabby; petty; lousy; puny; cheap
holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance)
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick; bamboo sword