onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
middle of the night; dead of night
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
castella (type of sponge cake)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
grasp; catch; understanding
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to blaze; to burn brightly
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
disclosure; exposure; revelation
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up