to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
number of times; frequency; count
to need; to demand; to take; to require
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food
monetary; financial; pecuniary
new menu item; new dish on a menu
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice; front pocket in a haragake
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to dash (water, etc.; on someone or something); to throw (on); to pour (over)
dish made by pouring broth over something (esp. bukkake soba); splashing on; splashing at; bukkake (ejaculation onto someone's face)
very much; very many; more and more
egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga); myoga ginger; mioga ginger
beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
to wind (thread, film, etc.)