to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
street stall; stand; booth
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual; effeminate man
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
transient life; ephemeral existence
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
time; hour; period; class
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
directly; in person; firsthand
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
preserved food boiled in soy
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
restraining someone against a wall by placing one's knee between their legs
fast (asleep); snoring or grumbling sound
large amount of money; great cost
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement