tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
suffix for familiar person
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
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)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
two (long cylindrical things)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
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.)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively