to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
suffix for familiar person
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); (lit.) "river" character
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)