elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
bento; Japanese box lunch
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
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)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
(another's) daughter; young lady
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
what kind of; what sort of; what
meaning; significance; sense
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already