to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
contract; compact; agreement
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
rather; better; instead; if anything
chocolate given by a boy to a girl on Valentine's day (the other way around is the norm in Japan)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
100,000; hundred thousand
to hit; to strike; to throw; to toss; to mix; to wear (sword, etc.)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me