first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
ignoring (somebody); ostracizing; leaving (someone) out
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
sports-minded; sports-oriented
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
feeling; sense; impression
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks