make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
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 wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
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)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
rather; better; instead; if anything
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
24 hours; twenty-four hours
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to think constantly about; to dwell on
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
around the world; throughout the world
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...