to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
baked seaweed; toasted seaweed
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
time; hour; period; class
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet