rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
then; well; so; well then
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
exemption; exoneration; discharge
such; like that; that sort of
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
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)
what's that?; what the ...
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far