next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to say no more; to sink into silence
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap
diesel oil; gas oil; light oil
separate; special; another; separately
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
to use (in cooking); to mix (in)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
villain; baddie; the villain's part
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
moment; brief space of time
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)