cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
entertainment; amusement; fun
tartar sauce; tartare sauce
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
volume (sound level); volume; bulk; volume (book); volume (storage area); potentiometer
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
strictly; severely; fully; closely; tightly
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
menu; schedule; program; menu
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way