feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
longed-for; anxiously awaited
validity; verification; propriety
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
guess; conjecture; surmise
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
don't worry about it; forget about it
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
I appreciate your efforts
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
every person; each one; everybody
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
reproachful; hateful; bitter
repeatedly; frequently; over and over; exceedingly; sincerely; very much
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
present continuous tense; present progressive form
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
now that; since; so long as; because
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment