high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
every year; yearly; annually
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
divining sticks; counting; calculation
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
internal organs; viscera; intestines
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
appetizer or snack served with drinks; accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
only; merely; but; no more than
to resemble each other; to resemble one another
invisibly; secretly; privately
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with