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)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
cotton gloves; working gloves
grains; lumps; drops; grainy; bumpy; coarse
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
boar meat hot pot; boar stew
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
question; inquiry; enquiry
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular