cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
putting life into; animating; cheering up
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
charge (for admission, a meal, etc.); fee; price
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
(something) so small; so little; trifling
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay