food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
real thing; original; actual
patient; unhurried; leisurely
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
passing through without stopping; passing by
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
both hands; both arms; ten
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
throwaway; disposable; single-use
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to solicit; to demand; to extort
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)