hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
(aircraft) hangar; (coat) hanger; hunger
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
to iron; to do the ironing
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
prohibited item; banned item
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
and yet; though; when; in spite of
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to add (e.g. a postscript)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being