to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
standard; set; routine; decided
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
just a minute; small quantity
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
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 drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to shake; to sway; to waver
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
coincident with; while; simultaneously
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
wooden spoon; ladle; rice scoop
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
such; like that; that sort of; very
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling