nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
tedious; boring; being fed up with
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
foreign; abroad; overseas
in the meanwhile; during the time
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
organic vegetables; organically grown vegetables
natural farming (farming method invented by Masanobu Fukuoka); the Fukuoka method
go that far; to that extent
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to pull in (fish); to land
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there