very small difference (esp. in time); tiny interval
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
living by oneself; living alone
thereupon; therefore; because of that
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
for use of customers or guests
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
with the skin on; skin and all (fruit, potato, etc.)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
bored; having nothing to do; idle
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
occasional; infrequent; rare
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
standard; set; routine; decided
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
to show; to bare (the teeth)