female friend; woman friend
time; hour; period; class
evening meal; dinner; supper
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
after that; afterwards; thereafter
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
good wife and wise mother
feeling; sense; impression
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to