because; the reason is; if you want to know why
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
glue (usu. from animal and fish bone, skin, etc.)
future; possible; potential; prospective
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
colored pencil; coloured pencil
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to cook (food); to manage well; to handle well
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
yearned for; longed for; missed
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
factory; plant; mill; workshop
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
even if; even though; however; no matter how
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
nature; the natural world; realm of nature