painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
flour; meal; powder; dust
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
no!; no no!; no, not at all
additional order; adding to an existing order
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
street stall; stand; booth
shopping; purchased goods
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
how; in what way; how about; questionable
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
suffix for familiar person
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
calamity; misfortune; disaster
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use