grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
anything and everything; just about everything
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
this occasion; at this time; now
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
bento; Japanese box lunch
willpower; energy; vitality
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to be silent; to say nothing
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to make use of; to lend money
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
salt rubbing; sprinkling salt over a vegetable and rolling it on a cutting board
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
water content; moisture; juiciness; dampness
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small quantity; beginning; clue