abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
at once; immediately; right now
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to raise one's voice; to shout
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
ill will; malice; evil intent
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
that's the way it is; such is life
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
confections; sweets; candy; cake
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture