people; men and women; each person; everybody
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
for many days; for several days
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to need; to call for; to require
preference; priority; precedence
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to be too numerous; to be too much
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
story; tale; talk; discussion
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
bathing (swimming) in cold water
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
really; truly; indeed; good grief