elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
cooking; food preparation
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
how; in what way; by what means
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
art of cooking; cookery; cuisine
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
item; article; dish; course; finest item
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)