strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
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
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
having said that; be that as it may
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
carefully made; carefully produced; quality product; product made with care
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to bite at; to snap at; to sink one's teeth into
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother
pronunciation; production of sound
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
natural product; product of nature
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
quick work; (clever) feat
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
having said that; on the other hand
hey there; I say; see here
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
founder; originator; pioneer
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
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)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because