delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
(articles) imported to Japan by early European traders
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
hello; good day; good afternoon
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
please (give me); please (do for me)
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
intelligence gathering; information gathering
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
river; stream; River; the ... river
(committee) chairman; president
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed