cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
occasionally; now and then; from time to time
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to look around; to survey
Quanzhou (China); Chinchew
last week; the week before
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
information; news; intelligence
news; word; tidings; omen
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
clear; distinct; evident; definite