indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
naked eye; the physical eye
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations