elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
society; public; community; social studies
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
offering a gift (to a superior)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
item; commodity; list of articles
thin string of dried abalone (often tied to a gift)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
sea urchin; seasoned sea urchin eggs
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
department store; department
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
business; trade; operations; sales
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set