to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
freezing weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be needed; to be wanted
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
reaching; attaining; arrival
ultimate; final; last; eventual
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder