request; favour (to ask); wish; please
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
you (plural); all of you; you all
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
family; members of a family
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less