acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
(medical) doctor; physician
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
how many people; a number of people
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to be erected; to be built
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
to take someone's life; to kill someone
several people; a few people
to keep a watchful eye on
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
emotional scars; mental trauma
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
funeral hall; ceremony site
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
by today; before the day is over
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
and; thereupon; because of that
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain