cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
report; notification; registration
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to be found; to be discovered
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to be surprised; to be astonished
surely; certainly; without doubt
illegitimate child; secret love child
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
just the other day; quite recently
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
lately; recently; nowadays
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
really; truly; indeed; good grief