wooden building; wooden architecture
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
greens; vegetable leaves; leaf vegetable
chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
construction camp; bunkhouse; workers' living quarters
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
hard to get; hard to come by
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
pack of lies; complete fabrication
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
dropout; quitter; deserter
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite