cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
almost every day; almost daily
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
considerably; greatly; a lot
feeling; sense; impression
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
even if; even though; however; no matter how
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
while; during; while; although; all; both
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any