sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
while; even though; despite
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley
hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
and; thereupon; because of that
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
hundred-yen store; 100 yen shop
Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis)
in that way; like that; that way
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
tempura flour (flour mixed with starch, etc.)
thin dipping sauce for tempura