to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
entreaty; supplication; petition
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
considerably; greatly; a lot
at first; initially; in the beginning
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
to be silent; to say nothing
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
to drink up; to drain (cup)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
to get slightly dirty (all over)
tall-paneled sliding door
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre