garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to become tense; to become serious; to become sober; sobering; bracing
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
time; hour; period; class
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
hard to get; hard to come by
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
preference; priority; precedence
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
divorce; dissolution of adoption
distribution channel; channel of distribution
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
it is not (like that) either
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with