refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
at least; at most; (even) just
thrift; economy; frugality
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to flutter; to wave; to move restlessly
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
succession; continuation; series; sequence
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
luxury; splendour; splendor; prosperity
one plate (of food); one dish; one helping
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to smash; to break into pieces
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly