to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to be found; to be discovered
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
retort; sealed plastic pouch typically containing ready-made sauce or stew; boil-in-the-bag; retort; glass vessel used for distillation (now largely obs.)
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
two persons; two people; pair; couple
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
collecting together and buying; doing a big shop
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
to attempt; to test; to try out
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
your husband; her husband
orthopaedic surgeon; plastic surgeon
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
until now; so far; up to the present
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response