cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
musical note; note symbol; phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
longing for others; wanting company
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience