to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
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)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
fine weather; fair weather
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
alone; by oneself; on one's own
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap