ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to rock; to shake; to swing
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
single word; a few words; brief comment
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
rice porridge made by simmering cooked rice in a seasoned broth, often containing vegetables, fish, etc. (usu. made from leftovers)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
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)
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
then; well; so; well then
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
such ... as; or some such
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...