to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)
both hands; both arms; ten
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
by myself; in person; by oneself
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
but; however; provided that
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
in that manner; like that
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
that's the way it is; such is life
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to talk about someone behind their back; to backbite
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
stock (of goods); reserve; supply
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
silence (not speaking); muteness