left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
rather than; more ... than ...
to despair of; to see the vanity of
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
bento; Japanese box lunch
(complete) set; outfit; kit; all; everything
third stage; three stages; third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
ten; 10; ten years of age
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
basket; basketball; basket cloth
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
to get hungry; to become hungry
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
(drink) at a gulp; with a gulp; in gulps
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to mix; to stir; to blend
way; method; means; (technical) specification
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
about this time; about now
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)