eco bag; reusable shopping bag
radiant smile; contented smile
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
bits of fried batter left after cooking tempura
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
(ice cream) cone; (speaker) cone; (traffic) cone; corn; maize
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while