cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
a person without a single relative
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
traditional art; traditional performance art
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
suffix for familiar person
two persons; two people; pair; couple
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
thank you very much; I'm sorry; excuse me
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something