satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
such; like that; that sort of; very
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
alone; by oneself; on one's own
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
butterfly (swimming stroke); G-string; gee-string
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid