to dye; to colour; to color
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to invite in; to usher in
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
black lustre; black luster
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
chair; stool; post; office; position
to surround; to crowd around
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
flavoring; flavouring; fragrance; perfume; condolence gift
baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar
hornet larva (esp. of yellowjacket species Vespula flaviceps); bee larva
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius); dyer's safflower
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
one after another; in rapid succession
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
in succession; one after another