likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
factory; plant; mill; workshop
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
failure; mistake; blunder
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
honorific/polite/humble prefix
older brother; elder brother
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
treating someone like a child
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to feel; to sense; to experience
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position