to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to look away; to turn away
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
wooden spoon; ladle; rice scoop
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
four (long cylindrical things)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
bow (of boat); prow; stem
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
to hand over; to surrender
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
main course (of a formal meal); extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)