to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
bento; Japanese box lunch
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
free (of charge); gratuitous
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
people; men and women; each person; everybody
more than usual (usu. time)
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
Everyone is safe (all right)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
galley (tray); galley proof
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary