Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
household economy; family finances
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
occasional; infrequent; rare
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
but; however; although; though
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
(enforced) confinement; internment; detention by legal force
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to be helpful; to be useful
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
now that you say that; now that you mention it
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
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
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)