to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
it's been a long time; long time no see
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
and yet; though; when; in spite of
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
new menu item; new dish on a menu
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
splashing on; splashing at; dish made by pouring broth over something (esp. bukkakesoba); bukkake; ejaculation onto someone's face
egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga)
beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)