to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to smoke a cigarette; to smoke
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
to take a picture; to take a photo
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.)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
video (esp. a televised image); videotape; VHS tape; videocassette recorder; VCR; video (short film)
movie; film; motion picture
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
always; all the time; never; usual; regular