request; favour (to ask); wish; please
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to be needed; to be wanted
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
serious; not joking; straight
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
elder sister; older female friend
two persons; two people; pair; couple
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
book; volume; this; present; main; head
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice