to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
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)
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
phi; diameter (units assumed, esp. mm)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
heart; guts; nerve; central part
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
both; both sides; both parties
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to be discouraged; to shrink from
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
bento; Japanese box lunch
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit