house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
selection; choice; option
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
honorific/polite/humble prefix
heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
considerably; fairly; quite
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
of course; certainly; naturally
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa); perilla; beefsteak plant
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have