delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
burnt rice; scorched rice; crispy rice at bottom of cooking pan; woman who hangs out with gay men
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
home area; home town; local
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
while; during; while; although; all; both
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
way; method; means; resource; course
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
events of the day; current affairs
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
poo; poop; doo-doo; caca; whoopsie
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
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)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice