cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
how; in what way; how about
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
very; extremely; excessively
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged