to be helpful; to be useful
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
(ethyl) alcohol; spirits of wine
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
relish; gusto; appreciation
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
preparatory phase; preparatory period
reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something