recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
while; even though; despite
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to have a meal; to take a meal
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)
to begin to dissolve; to start melting; to dissolve into (a liquid)
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
tingling; stinging; pungently
hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste
fat; tallow; lard; grease
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement