thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
southern part; the south (of a region)
(United States of) America; USA
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
counter for birds or rabbits
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
tone (of voice); manner of talking
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
not checking; undergoing no checks; leaving unchecked
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
spy; secret agent; spying
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor