necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
technical skill; ability; capacity
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
honorific/polite/humble prefix
article to be delivered; present
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to attempt; to test; to try out
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
such; like that; that sort of; very
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary