cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
master; teacher; stable master
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
periodic; regular; routine
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
emperor (of Japan); mikado