soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the guest or customer never has an empty bowl
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
coagulant; coagulating agent
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
university hospital; teaching hospital
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
research funds (expenses)
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
cleaner; janitor; (arch.) night soil gatherer
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
professional; person good at a particular job; person who does their job without mistakes
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
high and low; rise and fall
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
dark brown; colour of tanned skin