shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth
zhajiangmian (dish of ground pork over wheat noodles)
Szechuan dish of noodles covered with a sauce of sesame paste and chili oil
momentous; exigent; urgent; important; vital
ramen soup topped with slices of roasted pork
secretary; councillor; councilor
Chinese-style stir-fried vegetable noodle soup
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
to pocket an insult; to choke back one's tears
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
all-terrain vehicle; quad bike; dune buggy; beach buggy; buggy; stroller
life imprisonment; life sentence
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
colouring; coloring; colorant
in addition; besides this; twice
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
even though it is not; despite not
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
(not) even once; (not) ever
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
from the beginning; from scratch