mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
highly nourishing (nutritious); earning top marks nutrition-wise
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
high flame (cooking); high heat; strong heat
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
ornamental ridge-end tile
hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
all over the body; from head to foot; all over