guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
absence; disregard; indifference
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
a long time ago; long ago
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; kiseru; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
to drop; to lose; to let fall
scorching; scorch; scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
feeling of disappointment; sense of dismay
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
sniff-sniff (of an animal); whining; whimpering
sense of smell; olfaction
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
being readily aware of rumors and gossip; being quick to learn secrets; having sharp ears; ability to remember everything one hears
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
why; how come; unfortunately; alas
desperately; for one's dear life
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task