liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
red snow crab (Chionoecetes japonicus)
firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid
home area; home town; local
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
father; dad; husband; you; he
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
woman; female; feminine gender
just a minute; small quantity
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
how; in what way; by what means
to subsist; to keep on living
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water