visit to a hospital, temple, school, etc.
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
beautiful woman; pretty girl
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
(United States of) America; USA
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; (railway) truck; bogie; flatcar
shabu-shabu; thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
bakery; baker; pastry shop
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
optical communications line; optical network
bringing; taking; carrying
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
gas cartridge stove; portable stove; camp stove
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
meaning; connotation; denotation
on countless occasions; many a time
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
economical; efficient; lean; compact
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
semi-transparent; translucent
to push aside; to push one's way through
whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying