large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
fat; tallow; lard; grease
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor (labour)
food (on a table) (esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant); cook; chef; person who prepares food
to spend time (on doing something)
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
national holiday; festival day
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
Buddhist family chapel; altar room
(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
supply; supplying; replenishment
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
dispersing; breaking up; running away
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
even though; despite; when