ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
to say; to be called; to do
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
fate; chance; relationship; tie
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
student (esp. a university student)
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
living by oneself; living alone
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
floatingly; driftingly; softly; gently; restlessly; uncertainly
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
touching; moving (to tears)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
pleasant feeling; good vibes
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession