and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
ingredient; component; composition
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
only; merely; but; no more than
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
seafood; products of the sea; marine products; fruits of the sea
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
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
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
reaction; response; reaction
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with