butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
serious; not joking; straight
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be needed; to be wanted
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
coffee (hot, as opposed to iced)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
so; to such an extent; such
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that's right; yes; uh-huh