simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
family; relatives; dependents; household
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
every day and every night
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
large number (of); many; majority
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
danger; peril; hazard; risk
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
invitation; introduction; temptation
more than anything; above all else
all night; throughout the night
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
period of time; time slot; time zone
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!