sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
to ask a high price; to overcharge
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
fried prawns; fried shrimp
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
konnyaku cut into fine threads; konjac noodles
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
way of eating; how to eat
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
in its entirety; whole; wholly
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
another; different; something else
for example; for instance; e.g.
rice and curry; curry rice
righteye flounder (any fish of family Pleuronectidae)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend