counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
honorific/polite/humble prefix
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
dice; die; baton (of command)
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
not just once; more than once; many times; again and again
two times; twice; two degrees
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry