other side; opposite side; other party
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
scenery; scene; landscape
appointment; meeting (e.g. with a customer)
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
for use of customers or guests
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
for connoisseurs; preferred by experts
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks; chopsticks (hand game)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
fee; charge; rate; material
free (of charge); gratuitous
(sales) promotion; (sales, advertising) campaign; campaign (for an election, social change, etc.); movement; (military) campaign
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba
to wet oneself; to be miserly; to be stingy
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
one day; (on) a certain day
(in) the air; midair; sky
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup
dependence (on alcohol, drugs, etc.)
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
that is to say; so that means
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of