cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
very low (deep, cold, etc.); ultra-; infra-; hyper-
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
one's post; place of work; workplace
bento; Japanese box lunch
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
bean curd lees; soybean pulp; refuse from tofu; deutzia; Deutzia crenata
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
ago; since; before; previous
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
difference; variation; difference
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
to care for someone; to look after someone
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause