to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
indicate reason; infers some protest
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
kitchen; financial situation
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 make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
to mix; to stir; to blend
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
story; tale; talk; discussion
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
tension; mental strain; nervousness
chatter mark (machine tools)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
rumbling stomach; noise from gas moving inside the digestive tract; borborygmus; rugitus
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing