rest; break; recess; intermission
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
boarding; board; meals; catering; cook
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
business; trade; operations; sales
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
leavening agent (e.g. yeast)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
good feeling; feeling good
cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
programme; program; plans; arrangements
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...