cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
story; tale; talk; discussion
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
street stall; stand; booth
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
(arch.) slow witted fellow; (arch.) counter-hero; (arch.) lie; (arch.) nonsense; Yotaro (rakugo character)
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
around the world; throughout the world
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
close; intimate; on good terms
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
ten; 10; ten years of age
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions