yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
cracker; hard biscuit; hardtack
nothing but; except; no more than
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to be boiled; to be cooked
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
chicken bones; chicken carcass
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
honorific/polite/humble prefix
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
cook-house; galley; kitchen