very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
delivery; transfer; hand-over
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
expenses; costly; expensive
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
boy; son; baby boy; young man
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
writing; composition; essay; sentence
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
desperately; for one's dear life
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
granulated sugar; brown sugar
imagination; supposition; guess
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
obstinate; stubborn; obstinate person; stubborn person
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
sweet flavour; sweet flavor; flattery; stupidity