to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
festival; feast; carnival
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
seasoning; flavour; flavor
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
while; even though; despite
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
(your) daughter; young woman
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress