mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
violent explosion; bursting
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
scorch; burn; burnt rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
to mix; to blend; to combine
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to shout (in anger); to yell
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
living; lifestyle; living room
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
reconciliation; make peace with
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
trouble; bother; annoyance
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
bento; Japanese box lunch
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!