indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
near; nearby; not far off
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
speculation; thinking; meditation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to hide; to keep to oneself
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
study; research; investigation
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
all but dead; half killed
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
ash; embers; complete destruction
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off