to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
workshop; studio; atelier
whole day and night; 24 hours
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
wringer (clothes); squeezer (fruit, etc.); press (grapes, etc.)
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu
bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
coagulant; coagulating agent
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
organic farming; organic cultivation; farming without pesticides
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to season (e.g. with salt); to flavour; to flavor; to lace (e.g. with whisky)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
hello; good day; good afternoon
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
mobile sales (e.g. food trucks); mobile catering; route sales