pavement café; sidewalk café; open-air café
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
preface; introduction; preamble
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
prickling; stinging; tingling
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
(you're) dirty!; (you have) cooties!
person being waited for; person who waits
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
marriage proposal; marriage talks
exorcism rite; purification
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
hard worker; hardworking person
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
exemplar; model; example; pattern