to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
sweet and sour; bittersweet
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
chocolate-vine (Akebia quinata); fiveleaf; fiveleaf akebia; fruit of the akebia
danger; peril; hazard; risk
of course; certainly; naturally
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
in the morning; during the morning
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
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
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to take a breath; to take a short rest