to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
cobia (Rachycentron canadum); sergeant fish
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 do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
udon served in a pot with broth
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate