Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
mapo tofu (spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat)
grilled eggplant; fried eggplant
bitter melon stir-fried with pork, tofu and other vegetables
tamago kake gohan; raw egg mixed with white rice, often seasoned with soy sauce
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
shopping; purchased goods
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
avocado (Persea americana)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
people; men and women; each person; everybody