oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
heap; pile; stack; full measure
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one
round, wooden container for cooked rice
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
evening meal; supper; dinner
surface of a board or record
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
open-top car; convertible; soft-top
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
ultimate; final; last; eventual
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity
celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth); gift at the birth of a child; baby gift
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset