namul (Korean dishes consisting of seasoned vegetables)
shredded and dried squid (a snack)
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree; enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank
stir-fry of pork liver and garlic chives
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
sympathy; empathy; response
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
unexpected meeting; coincidence
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
tension; mental strain; nervousness
in that manner; like that
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
such; like that; that sort of; very
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
guess; speculation; supposition
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float