efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
decision; determination; resolution
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
evening meal; dinner; supper
belonging to no party or school of thought
best article under heaven; peerless
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food
type of stew, usu. fish or vegetables in a mild broth; fish grilled unseasoned and then simmered slowly in soy and mirin broth
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
calm; composed; cool; quiet
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
ago; since; before; previous
knowing; (an) acquaintance
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
people; men and women; each person; everybody