superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
now that; since; so long as; because
ninja house; ninja residence
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
surname; family name; last name
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation