to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
height (of body); stature
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
invitation; introduction; temptation
cabbage roll; stuffed cabbage
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
resolute; determined; bold
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to be plump; to be chubby
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
curry manjū; steamed yeast bun with a curry sauce filling
pizza manjū; steamed yeast bun with a cheese and tomato sauce filling
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
scale; bathroom scale; weighing machine
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
one more time; once more; once again
eating between meals; snacking
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
fat; tallow; lard; grease
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt