few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
reaction; response; reaction
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to detain; to check; to restrain
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
third day of the month; three days
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
different opinion; objection
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
that day; the very same day
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
to serve; to work for; to attend
February; second month of the lunar calendar
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively