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
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
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.
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to attempt; to test; to try out
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
test of courage (e.g. at a frightening place such as a graveyard); dare
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)