nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
natto (fermented soybeans)
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
seasoning; flavour; flavor
to put into the mouth; to eat
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
to overdo; to do too much
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
every person; each one; everybody
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
change; alteration; modification
to become inverted; to become reversed
this and that; one thing or another