to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
Japanese cooking; Japanese cuisine
feeling; sense; impression
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
how; in what way; how about
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.)
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
does not; can not; will not
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she