restaurant (esp. Western-style)
welcome!; nice to see you!
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
god of death; death deity; Death
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
honorific/polite/humble prefix
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included