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
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
honorific/polite/humble prefix
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
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.
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
monster cat; cat with magical powers
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed