sauce; Worcestershire sauce
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
blini; bliny; buckwheat flour pancakes (usu. served with sour cream)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
instead; but (on the other hand)
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
now; the present time; just now; another; more
Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
butter rice; buttered rice
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
second (unit of time); arc second
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to