cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
certificate of merit; testimonial
fighting game (esp. one-on-one)
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
incessant talking; rapid talking
haunted house; spook house; haunted house (attraction); haunted attraction
and then; and so; and; so then
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
feeling keenly; fully realizing
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
advance; moving forward; progress
down to earth; reasonable
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to reconciliate (with); to make peace (with)
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war