cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
very; extremely; excessively
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
name; given name; first name
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
suffix for familiar person
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
many; much; plenty; hardly
wherein; therein; thereinto
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)