bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
temporary; transitory; short-lived
be (that) as it may; having said that
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
sunlight filtering through trees
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river