useless; worthless; silly; trivial
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
usage; way to use; utilization
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
along with; in line with; following; due to; as a result of; in accordance with
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
health; healthy; sound; fit
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
washing one's hair; having a shampoo
fee; charge; rate; material
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
cosmetics; beauty products; toiletries; makeup