to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
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 decipher; to count
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
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; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
letter; missive; note; mail
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.
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
always; all the time; never; usual; regular