restaurant with long lines
chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
adding water; dilution with water
branch store; branch of a firm
soy sauce ramen; soy ramen; ramen in clear brown broth flavored with soy sauce
by your leave; with your permission
frizz; kink; crimp; curls (hair, noodles, leaves, etc.)
Chinese-style stir-fried vegetable noodle soup
draining hot water (e.g. from noodles)
egg boiled, peeled, and steeped in soy sauce marinade
cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)
stone mortar; millstone; quern
queue jumping; breaking into a line; muscling in on; interrupt
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
great victory; crushing victory
once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)
warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
pineapple (Ananas comosus)
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia