blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
to get hungry; to become hungry
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
kitchen; financial situation; finances
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
manner of using one's hands
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
matter causing distress; something causing worry
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
with a friendly grin; smilingly
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)