cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
very hungry; starving; ravenous
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
automatic; intransitive verb
naturally; of course; understandably
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
to steal; to rob; to take away
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
brewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
chief brewer at a sake brewery
relish; gusto; appreciation
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
Sumida River (in Tokyo); Sumidagawa
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
the other day; a few days ago
filtration; filtering; percolation
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
to shed light; to cast light