beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
rice (esp. when served on a plate)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion