sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
rather; better; instead; if anything
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
beginning; outset; first; onset
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for