favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
how; in what way; circumstances
how; in what way; how about; questionable
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
boastful speech; bragging
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
re-covering; repapering; reupholstering
just because; even if; even though
fete in honor of Ebisu (honour)
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
hills and fields; countryside
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
evening; early night hours
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
to lie scattered; to be strewn about
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)