to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be surprised; to be astonished
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
to feel; to sense; to experience
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
than; from; out of; except; but; more
anything and everything; just about everything
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
future (usually near); prospects
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
by myself; in person; by oneself
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)