bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
than; from; out of; except; but; more
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
water's edge; beach; shore
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
everything; anything; nothing
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)