fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to be mature and kind; to be well-balanced; to be a good person
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
shading off; gradation; bokashi composting; fermented composting
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
healthy; sound; wholesome
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
hunting ground; hunting preserve
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
superior; excellent; fine
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
to accompany; to go with; to go together
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
great difference; major mistake
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless