speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
rather; better; instead; if anything
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
honour; honor; glory; privilege
alone; by oneself; on one's own
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
high efficiency; high performance
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
imagination; supposition; guess
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to get a big surprise; to be astonished
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
in one's own way or style
to subsist; to keep on living
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
not limited to; not just ...
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
going to bed; retiring (for the night)