store; shop; establishment; restaurant
unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
company president; manager; director
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
derailment; digression; deviation
study; learning; tutorial
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
stingy person; miser; scrooge
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
determination; resolution
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
imagination; supposition; guess
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to recall; to remember; to recollect