side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
it's been a long time; long time no see
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
helper; assistant; help; assistance
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to suspend (from); to hang (down); to dangle
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)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
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
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
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
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
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)
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.)