soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up
scorch; burn; burnt rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
secret; private; surreptitious
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
honorific affix; honorific prefix
full-course dinner; multicourse meal
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
defense; defence; defensive preparations
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
somewhat below; slightly below
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat