comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
father; dad; husband; you; he
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
preparation; arrangements
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
older sister; lass; young lady
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
study; diligence; discount; reduction
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
female high-school student
appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
unfashionable; unstylish; uncool; unrefined
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
serious; not joking; straight
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise