firm promise; definite promise
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
general public; the masses
age range; age-group; age bracket
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to hang (a curtain); to droop (a tail); to lower (a blind)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
sweetness and saltiness; salted and sweetened taste
juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal
same generation; one's generation
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to use (in cooking); to mix (in)
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
sympathy; empathy; response
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
Japanese-style confectionary store
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
dorayaki; dessert sandwich of two small sweet pancakes and red bean paste
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
castella (type of sponge cake)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government