tamari soy sauce; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
cheap everyday food that most people enjoy (e.g. ramen, curry); eating cheap delicious food; person who seeks out cheap delicious food
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same
rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
lily of the valley (Convallaria keiskei)
dress coordination; costume coordination; fitting session; costume fitting
crisp; crunchy; precise; clipped; brisk
waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
fresh; (liquid) non-dairy creamer; coffee whitener
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
appearing together; co-acting; co-starring
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem
island in a pond or river
home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning
to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err
troupe; theatrical company
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind