in and about a kitchen; family circumstances
to distinguish between; to tell the difference between
in proportion to; just as much as
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
daily meals; three regular meals a day
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
craving; longing; thirsting
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
service à la carte; single dish eaten by itself (without side dishes)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
eating; bite (in fishing)
to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
lidded; covered; container with a lid
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence
wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual; effeminate man
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)