dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
thickly (of smoke, steam, etc.); stiflingly (hot air); suffocatingly; pungently
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
sealing hermetically; sealing (up)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
burning; combustion; exerting all strength; making an effort
heating power; thermal power; firepower
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
home; household; family; hearth
each house; every house; house to house; door to door
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it