tedious complaints; continual moaning
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
(religious) faith; belief; creed
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
superiority complex; sense of superiority
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
such; like that; that sort of; very
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
neighborly love; neighbourly love
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
one thin flat object; one sheet
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to pick up; to find; to gather
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
shopping; purchased goods