method; process; manner; way; means; technique
several people; a few people
to gather; to collect; to assemble
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
bringing; taking; carrying
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
kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus); kuruma shrimp; Japanese tiger prawn
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
kitchen; financial situation
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
in this way; thus; such; uh...
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
nice; likeable; desirable
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)