Vocabulary

several minutes; a few minutes

supplement

unaltered; unedited; unamended; uncensored; unexpurgated

Sunday

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; trivial

United Kingdom; Britain

smallness; small item

(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); all ... long

dementia

-ish; -like

cannot help (feeling); unbearably; awfully; irresistibly

when it becomes; when it comes to

if so; in that case; in that situation

uh-oh; oops; sorry

file extension

Bufferin (brand of buffered aspirin)

year

like that; so

that sort of; like that

mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

counter for countries

you said; he said; she said; they said

apology

in perfect form; going swimmingly

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt

first (of its kind) in Japan

have a good day; take care; see you

I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)

be; is

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that

popular line (of products); best-selling line; hot sellers

is that so?

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

minced meat or fish that is seasoned and fried (usu. served on top of rice)

is it?; isn't it?

cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case)