chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water; cold boiled rice
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
by myself; in person; by oneself
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
way (of doing); manner; method; means
wearing one's hair in braids
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
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
to lose sight of; to miss
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards