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深夜食堂【しんやしょくどう】Season 2 [‘Midnight Dinner’] Vol. 1: episode 1

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Vocab for episode 1 of the TV series ‘深夜食堂【しんやしょくどう】Season 2’ [‘Midnight Dinner’]. This is volume 1/4. Check out the ‘Most Common Vocab’ set (Vol. 0) for a list of the most common terms throughout the series.

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⑤ お母さん【おかあさん】 • mother

⑤ さん • ① Mr, Mrs, Miss or Ms ② honorific used with occupational titles

⑤ じゃ • ① then, well, so, well then ② combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles ③ plain copula

⑤ そう • ① so, really, seeming ② (after masu stem and adj-stem) appearing that, seeming that, looking like, having the appearance of

⑤ そんな • such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener), like that, that sort of

⑤ でも • ① but, however, still, yet, although, even though ② even, even if ③ or something

⑤ どうも • ① thanks ② much (thanks), very (sorry), quite (regret) ③ quite, really ④ somehow ⑤ no matter how hard one may try ⑥ greetings, hello, goodbye

⑤ どんな • what, what kind of

⑤ はい • ① yes ② OK (used to get attention prior to an utterance), okay ③ giddy-up, giddap

⑤ もう • ① already, anymore ② soon, shortly ③ more, further, other, again ④ interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

⑤ クラス • class

⑤ 一【いち】 • ① one ② best in, the most (...) in (where an adjective follows)

⑤ どうぞ • ① please, kindly ② by all means

⑤ 学校【がっこう】 • school

⑤ 休み【やすみ】 • ① rest, recess, respite ② vacation, holiday, absence, suspension ③ dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

⑤ 見る【みる】 • ① to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe ② to look over, to look on, to assess, to examine, to judge ③ to look after, to keep an eye on, to take care of ④ to view (e.g. flowers, movie) ⑤ (usu. after the -te form of a verb) to try

⑤ 今【いま】 • now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately, (one) more

⑤ 時【とき】 • ① time, hour ② occasion, moment

⑤ 時間【じかん】 • ① time ② hours

⑤ 七【なな】 • seven

⑤ 手【て】 • ① hand, arm ② handle ③ hand, worker, help ④ trouble, care, effort ⑤ means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship ⑥ hand, handwriting ⑦ kind, type, sort ⑧ one's hands, one's possession ⑨ ability to cope ⑩ hand (of cards) ⑪ direction

⑤ 出る【でる】 • ① to go out, to exit, to leave ② to appear, to come forth, to be published ③ to answer (the phone or door)

⑤ 食べる【たべる】 • to eat

⑤ 先【さき】 • ① previous, prior, former, some time ago, preceding ② point (e.g. pencil), tip, end, nozzle ③ head (of a line), front ④ ahead, the other side ⑤ the future, hereafter ⑥ destination ⑦ the other party

⑤ 先生【せんせい】 • ① teacher, master, doctor ② with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific

⑤ 前【まえ】 • ① ago, before (some event), previously, (minutes) to (the hour) ② in front (of), before (e.g. the house) ③ head (of a line), front (e.g. of a bus), fore part ④ in the presence of ⑤ helping, portion ⑥ privates, private parts

⑤ 足【あし】 • ① foot ② leg ③ gait ④ pace

⑤ 大人【おとな】 • adult

⑤ 男【おとこ】 • man

⑤ 中【なか】 • ① inside, in ② among, within ③ center (centre), middle ④ during, while

⑤ 長い【ながい】 • ① long (distance) ② long (time), lengthy

⑤ 電話【でんわ】 • telephone

⑤ 二【に】 • two

⑤ 入る【はいる】 • ① to enter ② to break into ③ to join, to enroll ④ to contain, to hold, to accommodate ⑤ to have (an income of)

⑤ 本【ほん】 • ① book, volume ② main, head, this, our, present, real ③ counter for long cylindrical things

⑤ 木【き】 • tree, wood, timber

⑤ 来る【くる】 • ① to come (spatially or temporally), to approach, to arrive ② to come back, to do ... and come back ③ to come to be, to become, to get, to grow, to continue ④ to come from, to be caused by, to derive from ⑤ to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

⑤ 何【なに】 • ① what ② how many (some counter)

⑤ 何【なん】 • ① what ② how many (some counter)

⑤ 九【く】 • nine

⑤ 行く【いく】 • ① to go ② to proceed, to take place ③ to die, to pass away ④ to continue

⑤ 今日【きょう】 • today, this day

⑤ 十【じゅう】 • 10, ten

⑤ 人【ひと】 • ① man, person ② human being, mankind, people ③ character, personality ④ man of talent, true man ⑤ other people ⑥ adult

⑤ 店【みせ】 • store, shop, establishment

⑤ 万【まん】 • ① 10,000, ten thousand ② myriads ③ everything, all

⑤ 六【ろく】 • six

⑤ 言う【いう】 • ① to say ② to call (i.e. to give a name)

⑤ 聞く【きく】 • ① to hear ② to listen (e.g. to music) ③ to ask, to enquire, to query

⑤ 時々【ときどき】 • sometimes, at times

⑤ 話【はなし】 • ① talk, speech, chat, story, conversation ② discussions, negotiation, argument

⑤ 分かる【わかる】 • ① to be understood, to be comprehended, to be grasped ② to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out

⑤ です • polite copula in Japanese

⑤ 時【じ】 • ① hour, o'clock ② (specified) time, when ..., during ...

⑤ で • ① indicates location of action, at, in ② indicates time of action ③ indicates means of action, cause of effect, by ④ and then, so

⑤ 日【にち】 • ① Sunday ② day (of the month) ③ counter for days

⑤ 年【ねん】 • ① year (e.g. AD) ② counter for years

⑤ いる • auxillary verb for continuing action or state

⑤ 人【にん】 • ① counter for people ② (usu. in compound words) person

⑤ 悪い【わるい】 • ① bad, poor, inferior ② evil, sinful ③ unprofitable, unbeneficial ④ at fault, to blame, in the wrong ⑤ sorry

⑤ 引く【ひく】 • ① to pull ② to draw (attention, etc.), to attract (interest, etc.) ③ to draw back ④ to draw (a card) ⑤ to draw (plan, line, etc.) ⑥ to catch (cold) ⑦ to play (string instr.) ⑧ to look up (e.g. dictionary), to consult ⑨ to haul, to pull (vehicles) ⑩ to subtract ⑪ to ebb, to fade ⑫ to descend (from), to inherit (a characteristic) ⑬ to quote, to raise (as evidence) ⑭ to lay (a cable), to draw (a cable)

⑤ 映画【えいが】 • movie, film

⑤ 会う【あう】 • ① to meet, to encounter ② to have an accident, to have a bad experience

⑤ 顔【かお】 • face (person)

⑤ 帰る【かえる】 • ① to return, to come home, to go home, to go back ② (of a guest, customer, etc.) to leave ③ (of a baseball player rounding the bases) to get home

⑤ 強い【つよい】 • ① strong, powerful, mighty, potent ② resistant, resilient, durable

⑤ 兄さん【にいさん】 • ① older brother, elder brother ② brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship) ③ (vocative) young man, buddy, fella, laddie

⑤ 好き【すき】 • liking, fondness, love

⑤ 考える【かんがえる】 • to consider, to think about

⑤ 仕事【しごと】 • ① work, job, business, occupation, employment, vocation, task ② work

⑤ 使う【つかう】 • ① to use (a thing, method, etc.), to make use of, to put to use ② to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.), to employ, to handle, to manage, to manipulate ③ to use (time, money, etc.), to spend, to consume ④ to use (language), to speak ⑤ to take (one's lunch), to circulate (bad money)

⑤ 始まる【はじまる】 • to begin

⑤ 姉【あね】 • older sister, elder sister

⑤ 姉さん【ねえさん】 • ① elder sister ② (vocative) young lady ③ miss (referring to a waitress, etc.) ④ ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors)

⑤ 死ぬ【しぬ】 • to die

⑤ 私【わたし】 • ① I, me ② private affairs, personal matter, secrecy ③ selfishness

⑤ 自分【じぶん】 • ① myself, yourself, oneself, himself, herself ② I, me

⑤ 住む【すむ】 • to live (of humans), to reside, to inhabit, to dwell, to abide

⑤ 乗る【のる】 • ① to get on, to ride in, to board, to mount, to get up on ② to spread (paints), to be taken in ③ to share in, to join, to feel like doing, to be mentioned in, to be in harmony with ④ to appear (in print), to be recorded, to be found in (a dictionary)

⑤ 食堂【しょくどう】 • ① dining room, dining hall, cafeteria, messroom ② restaurant, eatery, snack bar, diner

⑤ 赤い【あかい】 • ① red ② Red (i.e. communist)

⑤ 早い【はやい】 • ① fast, quick, hasty, brisk ② early (in the day, etc.), premature ③ (too) soon, not yet, (too) early ④ easy, simple, quick

⑤ 待つ【まつ】 • ① to wait ② to await, to look forward to, to anticipate ③ (usu. in negative form) to depend on, to need

⑤ 知る【しる】 • to know, to understand, to be acquainted with, to feel

⑤ 池【いけ】 • pond

⑤ 朝【あさ】 • morning

⑤ 度【ど】 • ① degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.) ② counter for occurrences and times ③ strength (of alcohol)

⑤ 同じ【おなじ】 • ① same, identical, equal, uniform, equivalent, similar, common (origin), changeless, alike ② (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway, anyhow, in either case

⑤ 歩く【あるく】 • to walk

⑤ 妹【いもうと】 • younger sister

⑤ 夜【よる】 • evening, night

⑤ 明日【あした】 • tomorrow

⑤ 門【もん】 • ① gate ② branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master ③ (biological) division ④ counter for cannons

⑤ 思う【おもう】 • ① to think, to consider, to believe ② to think (of doing), to plan (to do) ③ to judge, to assess, to regard ④ to imagine, to suppose, to dream ⑤ to expect, to look forward to ⑥ to feel, to desire, to want ⑦ to recall, to remember

⑤ 終わる【おわる】 • to finish, to end, to close

⑤ 作る【つくる】 • ① to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct ② to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol) ③ to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train ④ to till ⑤ to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write ⑥ to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose ⑦ to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found ⑧ to have (a child) ⑨ to make up (one's face, etc.) ⑩ to fabricate (an excuse, etc.) ⑪ to form (a line, etc.) ⑫ to set (a record) ⑬ to commit (a sin, etc.)

⑤ 一番【いちばん】 • ① best, first, number one ② game, round, bout, fall, event (in a meet)

⑤ 絵【え】 • picture, drawing, painting, sketch

⑤ 勤める【つとめる】 • ① to work (for), to be employed (at), to serve (in) ② to serve (as), to act (as), to fill (the position of), to play the role (of) ③ to conduct a religious service

⑤ 取る【とる】 • ① to take, to pick up, to harvest, to earn, to choose ② to steal ③ to eat, to have (a meal) ④ to remove (one's glasses, etc.)

⑤ 本当【ほんとう】 • truth, reality

⑤ 面白い【おもしろい】 • interesting, amusing

⑤ お腹【おなか】 • stomach

⑤ 一緒【いっしょ】 • ① together ② at the same time ③ same, identical

⑤ 皆【みんな】 • ① all, everyone, everybody ② everything

⑤ ほか • other (esp. places and things), the rest

⑤ 結構【けっこう】 • ① splendid, nice, wonderful, delicious, sweet ② sufficient, fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"), (by implication) no thank you ③ well enough, OK, tolerable ④ reasonably, fairly, tolerably

⑤ 結婚【けっこん】 • marriage

⑤ 個【こ】 • ① counter for articles ② counter for military units ③ individual

⑤ 子供【こども】 • child, children

⑤ 初めて【はじめて】 • ① for the first time ② only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ...

⑤ 置く【おく】 • ① to put, to place ② to leave (behind) ③ to do something in advance (usu. following te-form verb)

⑤ 痛い【いたい】 • ① painful, sore ② exceeding

⑤ 晩【ばん】 • ① evening ② counter for nights

⑤ 彼【かれ】 • ① he, him ② boyfriend

⑤ 欲しい【ほしい】 • ① wanted, wished for, in need of, desired ② (after the -te form of a verb) I want (you) to

⑤ 頼む【たのむ】 • ① to request, to beg, to ask ② to call, to order, to reserve ③ to entrust to ④ to rely on

⑤ 居る【いる】 • ① to be (of animate objects), to exist ② to stay ③ (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

⑤ ころ • ① (approximate) time, around, about, toward ② suitable time (or condition) ③ time of year, season

⑤ ごろ • ① (approximate) time, around, about, toward ② suitable time (or condition) ③ time of year, season

⑤ ありがとう • Thank you

⑤ 良く【よく】 • ① nicely, properly, well, skillfully ② frequently, often

⑤ 達【たち】 • pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific)

⑤ 大丈夫【だいじょうぶ】 • safe, all right, OK, okay

⑤ 誰【だれ】 • who

⑤ 弁当【べんとう】 • bento (Japanese box lunch)

⑤ 僕【ぼく】 • ① I, me ② you (used addressing young children) ③ manservant

⑤ 立派【りっぱ】 • splendid, fine, handsome, elegant, imposing, prominent, legal, legitimate

⑤ 暇【ひま】 • ① spare time, free time, leisure ② time off, day off, vacation, holiday, leave ③ quitting (one's job), firing someone, divorcing (one's spouse) ④ (of one's time) free, (of one's business) slow ⑤ leaving, departing

⑤ 良い【よい】 • ① good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable ② sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer), ready, prepared ③ profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial ④ OK

⑤ あの • that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

⑤ こちら • ① this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker), this direction ② here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is) ③ this one (something physically close to the speaker) ④ I, me ⑤ this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

⑤ こっち • ① this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker), this direction ② here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is) ③ this one (something physically close to the speaker) ④ I, me ⑤ this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

⑤ その • ① that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener), the ② um..., er..., uh...

⑤ それ • ① that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind), it ② that time, then

⑤ どう • how, in what way, how about

⑤ やる • ① to do ② to have sexual intercourse ③ to kill ④ to give (to inferiors, animals, etc.) ⑤ to do for (inferiors) ⑥ to send (e.g. somebody somewhere), to dispatch (e.g. letter) (despatch) ⑦ to move (something to), to row (a boat) ⑧ (used in place of other verb) to have (eat, drink, smoke), to study, to run or operate (a restaurant)

⑤ する • ① to do ② to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into) ③ to serve as, to act as, to work as ④ to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) ⑤ to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as ⑥ to decide on, to choose ⑦ to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) ⑧ to be (in a state, condition, etc.) ⑨ to be worth, to cost ⑩ to pass (of time), to elapse ⑪ verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs") ⑫ creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") ⑬ to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to

⑤ ちょっと • ① just a minute, short time, just a little ② somewhat, easily, readily, rather ③ (before a verb in negative form) (will not) easily ④ hey!

⑤ いつ • when, how soon

⑤ いつも • ① always, usually, every time ② never (with neg. verb)

⑤ くれる • to give, to let one have, to do for one, to be given

⑤ ここ • ① here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining), this place ② these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker) ③ these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker), the next ...

⑤ ある • ① to be (usu. of inanimate objects), to exist, to live ② to have ③ to be located ④ to be equipped with ⑤ to happen, to come about

⑤ こと • thing, matter, fact, circumstances, business, reason, experience

⑤ なる • ① to become, to get, to grow, to be, to reach, to attain ② to result in, to prove to be ③ to consist of, to be composed of ④ to succeed, to be complete ⑤ to change into, to be exchanged for ⑥ to play a role ⑦ to be promoted (shogi)

⑤ また • again, and, also, still (doing something)

⑤ まだ • ① as yet, hitherto, still ② not yet (with negative verb)

⑤ どこ • ① where, what place ② how much (long, far), what extent

⑤ この • this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

⑤ よう • ① (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb) appearing ..., looking ... ② (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb) way to ..., method of ...ing ③ (usu. after a noun) form, style, design ④ (usu. after a noun) like, similar to ⑤ thing (thought or spoken)

⑤ そこ • ① there (place relatively near listener) ② there (place just mentioned), that place ③ then (of some incident just spoken of), that (of point just raised)

⑤ これ • ① this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) ② this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) ③ now

④ いらっしゃる • ① to come, to go, to be (somewhere) ② (after a -te form, or the particle "de") is (doing), are (doing)

④ うん • ① yeah, uh huh ② some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)

④ けど • but, however, although

④ だから • so, therefore

④ ちゃん • suffix for familiar person

④ やっと • at last, at length

④ ビール • beer

④ 上がる【あがる】 • ① to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised ② to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in ③ to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade ④ to get out (of water), to come ashore ⑤ to increase ⑥ to improve, to make progress ⑦ to be promoted, to advance ⑧ to be made (of profit, etc.) ⑨ to occur (esp. of a favourable result) ⑩ to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.) ⑪ to be finished, to be done, to be over ⑫ (of rain) to stop, to lift ⑬ to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die ⑭ to win (in a card game, etc.) ⑮ to be arrested ⑯ to turn up (of evidence, etc.) ⑰ to be deep fried ⑱ to be spoken loudly ⑲ to get stage fright ⑳ to be offered (to the gods, etc.) ○ to go, to visit ○ to eat, to drink ○ to be listed (as a candidate) ○ to serve (in one's master's home) ○ (in Kyoto) to go north ○ (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion

④ 家【うち】 • ① house, home (one's own) ② (one's) family, (one's) household

④ 会【かい】 • ① meeting, assembly, party ② association, club

④ 楽しみ【たのしみ】 • ① enjoyment, pleasure, diversion, amusement, hobby ② anticipation, looking forward to

④ 気【き】 • ① spirit, mind, heart ② nature, disposition ③ motivation, intention ④ mood, feelings ⑤ atmosphere, essence

④ 急ぐ【いそぐ】 • to hurry, to rush, to hasten, to make something happen sooner

④ 高校【こうこう】 • senior high school

④ 高校生【こうこうせい】 • senior high school student

④ 今度【こんど】 • now, this time, next time, another time

④ 子【こ】 • ① child ② young (animal) ③ young woman, young geisha ④ offshoot ⑤ interest ⑥ new shares ⑦ (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women)

④ 世界【せかい】 • the world, society, the universe

④ 大事【だいじ】 • important, valuable, serious matter

④ 日【ひ】 • ① day, days ② sun, sunshine, sunlight ③ case (esp. unfortunate), event

④ 入院【にゅういん】 • hospitalization, hospitalisation

④ 用【よう】 • ① task, business ② use, duty, service ③ call of nature, excretion

④ 空く【あく】 • ① to be empty ② to be vacant, to be available, to be free

④ 気持ち【きもち】 • feeling, sensation, mood

④ 仕方【しかた】 • way, method, means, resource, course

④ 見つかる【みつかる】 • to be found, to be discovered

④ 客【きゃく】 • ① guest, visitor ② customer, client, shopper, spectator, audience, tourist, sightseer, passenger

④ 泣く【なく】 • to cry, to weep, to sob, to howl

④ 君【くん】 • Mr (junior), master, boy

④ 形【かたち】 • ① form, shape, figure ② visage

④ 決める【きめる】 • to decide

④ 受ける【うける】 • ① to receive, to accept, to get, to inherit ② to catch (e.g. a ball), to parry (e.g. a blow), to take (lesson, test, damage), to sustain (damage), to incur (loss) ③ to become popular, to be well-received, to go down well

④ 深い【ふかい】 • deep, profound, thick, close

④ 昔【むかし】 • olden days, former

④ 全然【ぜんぜん】 • ① not at all (with neg. verb) ② wholly, entirely, completely

④ 様【さま】 • ① Mr, Mrs or Ms ② used (gen. in fixed expressions) to make words more polite ③ manner, kind, appearance

④ 理由【りゆう】 • reason, pretext, motive

④ 決まる【きまる】 • ① to be decided, to be settled ② to look good in (clothes)

④ 喜ぶ【よろこぶ】 • ① to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased ② to congratulate ③ to gratefully accept

④ 寄る【よる】 • to visit, to drop in, to approach

④ 隅【すみ】 • corner, nook, recess

④ 失礼【しつれい】 • ① discourtesy, impoliteness ② Excuse me, Goodbye ③ to leave ④ to be rude

④ 笑う【わらう】 • ① to laugh ② to smile ③ to sneer, to ridicule

④ 必ず【かならず】 • always, without exception, necessarily, certainly, without fail, positively, invariably

④ 変わる【かわる】 • to change, to be transformed, to vary, to be revised, to be different, to move location

④ 戻る【もどる】 • to turn back, to return, to go back, to recover, to rebound

④ 踊る【おどる】 • to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

④ 連れる【つれる】 • to lead, to take (a person)

④ 腕【うで】 • ① arm ② skill

④ 探す【さがす】 • to search (for something desired, needed), to look for

④ 捕まえる【つかまえる】 • to catch, to arrest, to seize

④ 周り【まわり】 • ① circumference, perimeter, edge ② surroundings, locality, neighborhood ③ rotation, circulation

④ 見舞い【みまい】 • ① visiting ill or distressed people, writing get-well letters ② get-well gifts, get-well letters ③ expression of sympathy, expression of concern, enquiry, inquiry

④ 背【せ】 • ① back, spine ② reverse, rear side ③ height ④ ridge (of a mountain)

④ 為【ため】 • ① good, advantage, benefit, welfare ② sake, purpose, objective, aim ③ consequence, result, effect ④ affecting, regarding, concerning

④ 宜しい【よろしい】 • good, OK, all right, fine, very well, will do, may, can

④ 喧嘩【けんか】 • quarrel, brawl, fight, squabble, scuffle

④ 邪魔【じゃま】 • hindrance, intrusion

④ 味噌【みそ】 • ① miso, bean paste ② key (main) point

④ ご馳走【ごちそう】 • ① feast, treating (someone) ② to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

④ こう • ① in this way (used for something or someone close to the speaker, including the speaker himself, or for the opinions of the speaker), thus, such ② uh... (interjection used as a verbal pause)

④ やっぱり • also, as I thought, still, in spite of, absolutely, of course

④ わけ • conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard, reason, cause, meaning, circumstances, situation

④ もうすぐ • very soon

③ お前【おまえ】 • ① you (masc) (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior) ② presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

③ まあ • you might say, Oh!, Wow!, Well!

③ やって来る【やってくる】 • to come along, to come around, to turn up

③ 何か【なにか】 • something

③ 金【きん】 • ① gold, golden (color), metaphor for (most) valuable, gold (medal, cup) ② money (written before an amount) ③ Friday ④ metal (fourth of the five elements) ⑤ Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE) ⑥ gold general (shogi) ⑦ karat, carat

③ 今日は【こんにちは】 • hello, good day (daytime greeting)

③ 人間【にんげん】 • ① human being, man, person ② character (of a person)

③ 友【とも】 • friend, companion, pal

③ 食う【くう】 • ① to eat ② to live, to make a living, to survive ③ to bite, to sting (as insects do) ④ to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of ⑤ to encroach on, to eat into, to consume ⑥ to defeat a superior, to threaten a position ⑦ to consume time and-or resources ⑧ to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

③ 何で【なんで】 • ① why?, what for? ② how?, by what means?

③ そんなに • so much, so, like that

③ ね • ① (sentence end) indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc., is it so ② hey, come on

③ 運【うん】 • fortune, luck

③ 牛【うし】 • ① cattle, cow, ox, oxen ② beef ③ Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

③ 持ち上げる【もちあげる】 • to raise, to lift up, to flatter

③ 手入れ【ていれ】 • ① repairs, maintenance, tending, trimming, grooming ② crackdown, (police) raid

③ 世の中【よのなか】 • society, the world, the times

③ 地方【ちほう】 • ① area, locality, district, region, province ② countryside, rural area ③ coast (esp. as seen from the water) ④ person singing ballads in Noh, person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance

③ 売れる【うれる】 • ① to sell (well) ② to be well known, to be popular, to be famous

③ 立場【たちば】 • standpoint, position, situation

③ 者【しゃ】 • someone of that nature, someone doing that work

③ 元【もと】 • former, ex-

③ 営業【えいぎょう】 • business, trade, sales, operations

③ 感じ【かんじ】 • feeling, sense, impression

③ 県【けん】 • ① prefecture (of Japan) ② county (of China)

③ 語る【かたる】 • to talk, to tell, to recite

③ 才能【さいのう】 • talent, ability

③ 守る【まもる】 • ① to protect, to guard, to defend ② to keep (i.e. a promise), to abide (by the rules), to observe, to obey, to follow

③ 出身【しゅっしん】 • ① person's origin (town, city, country, etc.) ② institution from which one graduated ③ director in charge of employee relations

③ 選手【せんしゅ】 • player (in game), team member

③ 相手【あいて】 • ① companion, partner, company ② other party, addressee ③ opponent (sports, etc.)

③ 断る【ことわる】 • ① to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to decline ② to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance ③ to ask leave, to excuse oneself (from)

③ 追う【おう】 • ① to chase, to run after, to pursue ② to follow (i.e. a set order, a trend) ③ to drive out, to oust, to expel ④ to drive (i.e. a herd) ⑤ (in passive voice) to be pressed (for time, etc.)

③ 的【てき】 • -like, typical

③ 当たり前【あたりまえ】 • ① natural, reasonable, obvious ② usual, common, ordinary

③ 馬【うま】 • ① horse ② promoted bishop (shogi)

③ 部【ぶ】 • ① department (in an organization), division, bureau ② club ③ part, component, element ④ category ⑤ counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

③ 辺り【あたり】 • ① on the bank of, by the side of (e.g. a river, pond) ② (in the) neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, nearby

③ 野球【やきゅう】 • baseball

③ 流行る【はやる】 • ① to be popular, to come into fashion ② to be prevalent, to spread widely (e.g. disease), to be endemic ③ to flourish, to thrive

③ 残す【のこす】 • to leave (behind, over), to bequeath, to save, to reserve

③ 回り【まわり】 • ① circumference, perimeter, edge ② surroundings, locality, neighborhood ③ rotation, circulation

③ 向かい【むかい】 • facing, opposite, across the street, other side

③ 両【りょう】 • ① both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.) ② ryo (obsolete unit of currency) ③ 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin) ④ 2 tan (measure of fabric size) ⑤ counter for carriages (e.g. in a train)

③ 間違い【まちがい】 • mistake

③ 関心【かんしん】 • concern, interest

③ 疑う【うたがう】 • to doubt, to distrust, to be suspicious of, to suspect

③ 胸【むね】 • breast, chest

③ 劇場【げきじょう】 • theatre, theater, playhouse

③ 公務員【こうむいん】 • government worker, public (civil) servant

③ 差【さ】 • difference, variation

③ 最終【さいしゅう】 • last, final, closing

③ 済みません【すみません】 • sorry, excuse me, thank you

③ 死亡【しぼう】 • death, mortality

③ 出席【しゅっせき】 • ① attendance, presence, appearance ② to attend, to be present, to appear

③ 性格【せいかく】 • character, personality

③ 相変わらず【あいかわらず】 • as ever, as usual, the same

③ 突然【とつぜん】 • abrupt, sudden, unexpected, all at once

③ 濃い【こい】 • ① deep (colour), dark ② strong (flavour, smell, etc.) ③ thick (consistency), dense ④ strong (possibility, etc.) ⑤ thick (i.e. "as thick as thieves"), close, deep (love, etc.)

③ 不思議【ふしぎ】 • wonder, miracle, strange, mystery, marvel, curiosity

③ 両替【りょうがえ】 • change, money exchange

③ 零す【こぼす】 • ① to spill ② to grumble

③ 付き合う【つきあう】 • ① to associate with, to keep company with, to go out with, to go steady with, to get on with ② to go along with, to follow someone's lead, to accompany someone, to compromise

③ 懐かしい【なつかしい】 • dear, desired, missed

③ 街【がい】 • .. street, .. quarter, .. district

③ 勘定【かんじょう】 • calculation, counting, consideration, reckoning, settlement of an account, allowance

③ 刑事【けいじ】 • ① (police) detective ② criminal matter

③ 揚げる【あげる】 • ① to deep-fry ② to raise, to elevate ③ to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.) ④ to land (a boat) ⑤ to increase (price, quality, status, etc.) ⑥ to earn (something desirable) ⑦ (of the tide) to come in

③ 冗談【じょうだん】 • jest, joke

③ 申し訳【もうしわけ】 • apology, excuse

③ 素敵【すてき】 • lovely, dreamy, beautiful, great, fantastic, superb, cool, capital

③ 張る【はる】 • ① to stick, to paste, to affix ② to stretch, to spread, to strain, to tighten ③ to form (e.g. ice on a pond) ④ to fill, to swell ⑤ to stick out, to put, to slap ⑥ to be expensive

③ やつ • ① (derog) fellow, guy, chap ② thing, object ③ (derogatory or familiar) he, she, him, her

③ 敷く【しく】 • ① to spread out, to lay out ② to take a position ③ to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

③ 癖【くせ】 • a habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice), peculiarity

③ 銘々【めいめい】 • each, individual

③ 黙る【だまる】 • to be silent

③ 誘う【さそう】 • ① to invite, to ask, to call (for) ② to tempt, to lure, to induce

③ 俺【おれ】 • (masc) I, me (rough or arrogant-sounding first-person pronoun, formerly also used by women)

③ 馬鹿【ばか】 • ① fool, idiot, trivial matter, folly, absurdity ② foolish, stupid, dull, absurd, ridiculous

③ 途端【とたん】 • just (now, at the moment, etc.)

③ ごちそうさま • ① word used after one has been treated (esp. used after a meal) ② used after hearing something lovey-dovey

③ おめでとう • congratulations!, an auspicious occasion!

③ 私【あたし】 • I, me

③ まさか • by no means, never!, well, I never!, you don't say!

③ あいにく • unfortunately, Sorry, but ...

③ そのまま • without change, as it is (i.e. now)

③ それでも • but (still), and yet, nevertheless, even so, notwithstanding

③ ただ • ① ordinary, common, usual ② free of charge ③ unaffected, as is, safe ④ only, merely, just, simply ⑤ but, however, nevertheless

③ 埃【ほこり】 • dust

③ いや • no, nay, well

③ 匂い【におい】 • ① odour, odor, scent, smell, stench ② aura, whiff, smacks of ..., sense, flavour, flavor

③ せい • cause, reason, fault

② 人々【ひとびと】 • each person, people, men, human, everybody

② がる • ① to feel (on adj-stem to represent a third party's apparent emotion) ② to behave as if one were

② 小【しょう】 • ① smallness, small item ② short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) ③ elementary school ④ younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name)

② 出場【しゅつじょう】 • (stage) appearance, participation, performance

② 校【こう】 • ① school ② proof (of a book, document, etc.), counter for proofs

② 深夜【しんや】 • late at night

② 公務【こうむ】 • official business, public business

② 照る【てる】 • to shine

② 超える【こえる】 • ① to cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of) ② to exceed

② 家【か】 • -ist (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.), -er

② 恨む【うらむ】 • ① to resent, to curse, to feel bitter, to blame, to bear a grudge ② to regret

② 新幹線【しんかんせん】 • bullet train (very high speed), Shinkansen

② 鈴【すず】 • bell (often globular)

② 丼【どんぶり】 • ① porcelain bowl ② bowl of rice with food on top

① でかい • huge, gargantuan

① ひょっと • possibly, accidentally

① 着【ぎ】 • clothes, outfit, uniform, gi

① 床【とこ】 • ① bed, bedding ② sickbed ③ alcove ④ riverbed ⑤ seedbed ⑥ straw "core" of a tatami mat ⑦ floor

① 引きずる【ひきずる】 • ① to drag along, to pull ② to force someone along ③ to prolong, to drag out ④ to influence strongly, to seduce

① 給仕【きゅうじ】 • office boy (girl), page, waiter

① 拒否【きょひ】 • denial, veto, rejection, refusal

① 嫌らしい【いやらしい】 • unpleasant, disgusting, repulsive, detestable, disagreeable, indecent, lewd, dirty, lascivious

① 告白【こくはく】 • ① confession, acknowledgement, acknowledgment ② profession of love ③ confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

① 再発【さいはつ】 • return, relapse, reoccurrence

① 指揮【しき】 • command, direction

① 施す【ほどこす】 • to donate, to give, to conduct, to apply, to perform

① 辞退【じたい】 • declining, refusal, nonacceptance, turning down, withdrawal (e.g. candidacy), pulling out (e.g. race), excusing oneself

① 焦る【あせる】 • to be in a hurry, to be impatient

① 新人【しんじん】 • ① new face, newcomer ② modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

① 親父【おやじ】 • one's father, old man, one's boss

① 制裁【せいさい】 • restraint, sanctions, punishment

① 地元【じもと】 • ① home area, home town ② local

① 調和【ちょうわ】 • harmony

① 天【てん】 • ① sky ② heaven ③ svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) ④ deva (divine being of Buddhism)

① 柄【え】 • ① handle, grip ② stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)

① 妨害【ぼうがい】 • disturbance, obstruction, hindrance, jamming, interference

① 目付き【めつき】 • look, expression of the eyes, eyes

① 予想【よそう】 • expectation, anticipation, prediction, forecast, conjecture

① 絡む【からむ】 • ① to entangle, to entwine ② to pick a quarrel, to find fault ③ to be involved with, to be influenced by, to develop a connection with

① 行ける【いける】 • to look (taste, etc.) good

① 今更【いまさら】 • now (after such a long time), at this late hour (i.e. it is too late for something)

① 叩く【はたく】 • ① to strike, to clap, to dust, to beat ② to play drums ③ to abuse, to flame (e.g. on the Internet), to insult ④ to use up money

① 庇う【かばう】 • to protect someone, to take under one's wing, to plead for, to stick up for, to cover up for someone

① わざわざ • expressly, specially, doing something especially rather than incidentally

ぐらぐら • loose, irregular movement, lolling, indecisiveness

その後【そのご】 • after that, afterwards, thereafter

チンピラ • (young) hoodlum, small-time yakuza, delinquent boy, delinquent girl, hooligan, punk

ほら • look!, look out!, look at me!

らっしゃる • to be, to come, to go

カメラマン • cameraman

スター • star

センター • centre, center

デート • date, go on a date

ナンバーワン • number one

プロ • professional

マスター • ① to master, to learn ② proprietor, manager, bar-owner ③ master (e.g. arts, science)

リーダー • ① leader ② reader

後先【あとさき】 • front and rear, before and after, both ends, beginning and end, order, consequences, context

今【こん】 • ① the current ..., this ② today's ...

今時【いまどき】 • present day, today, recently, these days, nowadays, at this hour

出来【でき】 • ① workmanship, craftsmanship, execution, finish ② grades, results, score, record ③ quality (e.g. of a crop) ④ dealings, transactions

アッ • oh, ah

ちゃう • to do something completely

かい • marks yes-no question

うろちょろ • loitering, hanging around, wandering around

っぽい • -ish, -like

ああ • like that (used for something or someone distant from both speaker and listener), so

ちまう • to do something completely;

れる • ① auxiliary verb indicating passive voice (inc. the "suffering passive") ② auxiliary verb indicating the potential form ③ auxiliary verb indicating spontaneous occurrence ④ auxiliary verb used as an honorific for others' actions

言える【いえる】 • to be possible to say, to be able to say

ヤクザ • ① professional gambler or ruffian (esp. a member of the Japanese mafia), yakuza (member) ② uselessness, purposelessness

カット • cut, cutting

パー • ① par ② paper (in rock-paper-scissors game) ③ apiece, each ④ percent

そう言う【そういう】 • such, like that, that sort of, very

族【ぞく】 • ① tribe, clan, band ② (taxonomical) tribe ③ group (of the periodic table)

東京【とうきょう】 • Tokyo (current capital of Japan)

本朝【ほんちょう】 • this land, our country, Imperial Court

野犬【やけん】 • stray dog, ownerless dog

多々【たた】 • very much, very many, more and more

いろんな • various

お待ち【おまち】 • waiting, waiting time

もう少し【もうすこし】 • a bit more, a bit longer

家路【いえじ】 • the road home

強打者【きょうだしゃ】 • slugger (baseball), heavy hitter

九州【きゅうしゅう】 • Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

区役所【くやくしょ】 • ward office, council (regional)

当分【とうぶん】 • for the present, currently, presently, at this time, for the next while

反【たん】 • ① variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length ② 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres) ③ six ken (10.91 m)

名門【めいもん】 • noted family, noble family

予選【よせん】 • nomination, primary, preliminary contest

夜中【やちゅう】 • during the night, at night

一刻【いっこく】 • ① minute, moment, an instant ② stubborn, hot-headed

寄り道【よりみち】 • dropping in on the way, breaking one's journey, making a stopover, going out of one's way

選抜【せんばつ】 • selection, choice, picking out

同好【どうこう】 • similar tastes

補欠【ほけつ】 • ① filling a vacancy, supplementation ② substitute, deputy, alternate, spare

労【ろう】 • labor, labour, toil, trouble, pains, work, effort, striving

払い【はらい】 • ① payment, bill, account ② sweeping, clearing away ③ sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)

回戦【かいせん】 • match, game

茅【かや】 • hay, various gramineous grasses (e.g. eularies), plants used for thatching

嫌がらせ【いやがらせ】 • harassment, pestering

個展【こてん】 • one-man exhibition, one-woman exhibition

お節介【おせっかい】 • meddling, meddlesomeness, nosiness, interference, officiousness

執行【しっこう】 • ① enforcement, performance, execution, exercise, service ② pursuit of knowledge, studying, learning, training, ascetic practice (practise), discipline

寿【ことぶき】 • congratulations!, long life!

昭和【しょうわ】 • Showa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

壮麗【そうれい】 • splendour, splendor, pompousness, magnificence

同級生【どうきゅうせい】 • classmate, classmates

とる • to take, to catch (fish), to capture

めちゃくちゃ • ① absurd, unreasonable, nonsensical, preposterous, incoherent ② extreme, senseless, reckless, wanton ③ disorder, confusion, mess, wreck

野郎【やろう】 • rascal

いく • ① to go ② to proceed, to take place ③ to die, to pass away ④ to continue

よい • ① good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable ② sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer), ready, prepared ③ profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial ④ OK

いい • ① good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable ② sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer), ready, prepared ③ profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial ④ OK

竜【りゅう】 • ① dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon) ② naga (semidivine human-cobra chimera in Indian mythology) ③ promoted rook (shogi)

特価【とっか】 • special price, bargain price

あんた • you (familiar form of anata)

おら • first person pronoun (usually male)

甲子園【こうしえん】 • Koshien (location of Koshien Stadium, where the Japan National High School Baseball Tournament is held)

たまる • to bear (often adds emphasis), to endure

寓意【ぐうい】 • hidden meaning, symbolism, moral

惚れる【ほれる】 • to fall in love, to be in love, to be charmed with, to lose one's heart to

肴【さかな】 • ① appetizer or snack served with drinks ② performance to liven up a bar, conversation to liven up a party

乳癌【にゅうがん】 • breast cancer

ほとんど • mostly, almost

韲える【あえる】 • to dress vegetables (salad)

こいつ • this fellow, this guy, this person

福岡【ふくおか】 • Fukuoka (city)

ない • ① not (verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation) ② emphatic suffix (used after the root of an adjective)

られる • ① auxiliary verb indicating passive voice (inc. the "suffering passive") ② auxiliary verb indicating the potential form ③ auxiliary verb indicating spontaneous occurrence ④ auxiliary verb used as an honorific for others' actions