form; shape; figure; visage
difficult to ...; hard to ...
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
both hands; both arms; ten
thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
time; hour; season; time of the year
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
in that way; thus; so; so?
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to pass (of time); to elapse