marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
pulse (edible seeds of various leguminous crops); plant yielding pulse
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
health; healthy; sound; fit
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
vinegared dish; pickled dish
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
how; in what way; by what means
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
foster father; adoptive father
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
letter; missive; note; mail