loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
bitter melon stir-fried with pork, tofu and other vegetables
late-night screening (at a movie theatre)
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
creative cookery; creative cuisine
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
review (of learned material); revision
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
answering machine; answer phone
business hours; opening hours; office hours
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
confusion; mixing; merger
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
punishment; judgement; judgment
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
weekly publication; weekly magazine
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight