store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
attack; drive; advance; invasion
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
thickly (filled with smoke or steam)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
getting; obtaining; winning; scoring (in ice hockey, basketball, etc.)
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
messenger; envoy; emissary
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
true character; true heart; true spirit
empty lot; vacant plot of land
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
contract; compact; agreement
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
without permission; without notice
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)