cooperation; collaboration; help; support
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
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 necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
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; extreme
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
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); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
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 ...-ed; to be ...-ed
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
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 (skillfully); handling (well); managing
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least