directions; instructions; orders; command
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to be helpful; to be useful
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
and yet; though; when; in spite of
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
that; the matter in question
to be worried; to be troubled
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
after that; afterwards; thereafter
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
two times; twice; two degrees
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
police; police officer; police station