tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
another thing; other things; another man's property
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
pounded fish cake; half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub
side dish; supplementary food
day in and day out; all the time
bean curd lees; soybean pulp; refuse from tofu; deutzia; Deutzia crenata
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
household economy; family finances
whole family; all one's family
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
senior high school; high school
promotion; raising of status
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
passing (an examination); making the grade
school expenses; education fund
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
big talk; boasting; bragging
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)