acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
one's own child; one's own children
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
to cease; to stop; to be over
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
general; popular; common; typical
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
personal; individual; private
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
relatively; comparatively
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
profitable plan; good plan
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket
regret; repentance; remorse
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby