storehouse; warehouse; godown
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
unanticipated; unexpected
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
passage; path; route; one's way
reflection; reflected light; reflected heat; glare
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
(United States of) America; USA
old rice; rice remaining from the previous year's harvest
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
as you see; as you can see
in the same manner as before; the same as always
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
globally; on the global stage; on a worldwide level
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
to walk away; to walk off
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to come to nothing; to be wasted; to fall through; to end without result