disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
memories; recollections; reminiscence
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
by myself; in person; by oneself
relatively; comparatively
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
chief executive officer; CEO
such ... as; or some such
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
suffix for familiar person
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
of course; certainly; naturally
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
catalog; catalogue; inventory; menu
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract