desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
in proportion to; just as much as
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
conveyor belt sushi; sushi-go-round; sushi train; kaiten-zushi
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
vinegared rice rolled in nori (laver)
inarizushi; sushi wrapped in fried tofu
packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to come to one's senses; to calm down
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
older sister; elder sister
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to care for someone; to look after someone