nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
father; dad; husband; you; he
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
one's house; one's home; one's family
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
filtering through silk cloth; straining through silk cloth
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness