umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
subtle seasoning that brings out the flavor; secret ingredient
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
such; this sort of; like this
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
book; volume; this; present; main; head
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
program (e.g. TV); programme
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
and yet; though; when; in spite of
among these; between these; of these
should; must; -able; probably; likely
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch