to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
karoshi; death from overwork
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
while; during; while; although; all; both
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to be helpful; to be useful
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
pulmonary lobe; lobe of the lung
two persons; two people; pair; couple
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
suffix for familiar person
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
annotation; explanatory note; comment
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)