My words

苦い

にがい

bitter

頼み

たのみ

request, favor, favour, reliance, dependence, trust

習う

ならう

to take lessons in, to be taught, to learn (from a teacher), to study (under a teacher), to get training in

代わり

かわり

substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, second helping, another cup, seconds, upcoming program, upcoming programme

お握り

おにぎり

rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

苺

いちご イチゴ

strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)

幾つ

いくつ

how many?, how old?

返事

へんじ

reply, answer, response

梅干し

うめぼし

dried plum

漬物

つけもの

tsukemono, Japanese pickled vegetables

鮭

さけ しゃけ サケ

salmon (Salmonidae spp.), chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

胡瓜

きゅうり キュウリ

cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

一杯

いっぱい

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.), drink (usu. alcoholic), full, one squid, octopus, crab, etc., one boat, fully, to capacity, a lot, much, all of ..., the entire ...

辛い

からい

spicy, hot, salty, harsh (criticism), severe (punishment), strict, painful, bitter, difficult, tough

冷たい

つめたい つべたい

cold (to the touch), chilly, icy, freezing, coldhearted, unfeeling

巻き寿司

まきずし

sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling, makizushi

出迎える

でむかえる

to meet, to greet

為に

ために

for, for the sake of, to one's advantage, in favor of, in favour of, on behalf of, because of, as a result of

空く

すく

to become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty, to be hungry

蝶

ちょう チョウ

butterfly, butterflies

怖い

こわい

scary, frightening, eerie, dreadful, (I'm) afraid

迷い

まよい

inability to reach enlightenment, indecision, bewilderment, doubt, hesitation

送る

おくる

to send (a thing), to dispatch, to despatch, to transmit, to take or escort (a person somewhere), to see off (a person), to bid farewell (to the departed), to bury, to spend (time), to live one's life, to pass (down the line), to affix okurigana

点ける

つける

to turn on, to switch on, to light up

消す

けす

to erase, to delete, to cross out, to turn off power, to extinguish, to put out, to bump off

開ける

あける

to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock, to open (for business, etc.), to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room, to move out, to clear out, to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily), to dawn, to grow light, to end (of a period, season), to begin (of the New Year), to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for), to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)

閉める

しめる

to close, to shut

座る

すわる

to sit, to squat, to assume (a position), to hold steady, to hold still

伝える

つたえる

to convey; convey; to report; report; to transmit; transmit; to communicate; communicate; to tell; tell; to impart; impart; to propagate; propagate; to teach; teach; to bequeath; bequeath

体操

たいそう

gymnastics; physical exercises; calisthenics