ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
small restaurant; eating house
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
food with dressing on it (e.g. salad)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue
mashed boiled green soybeans
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
being very popular; being in great demand
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
sake brewery; wine cellar; bar; bar-room
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
battement (ballet movement)
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
the way one works; one's working manner
hostess (in a hostess bar)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
genuine; authentic; true; real
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
android; artificial human; robot
gene recombination; genetically modified; GM
totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
covered with; stained; smeared
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
lesson; precept; teachings; moral