rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
exemption; exoneration; discharge
such; like that; that sort of; very
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
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)
what's that?; what the...
until now; so far; up to the present
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least