father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
bento; Japanese box lunch
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
variety show (e.g. on TV)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
program (e.g. TV); programme
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
to lie down; to throw oneself down
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)