type of sushi with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on the rice
superior chef (Japanese cuisine)
noh theater performed at night by a fire
goma tofu; tofu-like dish made with ground sesame paste
one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)
Kutani ware; style of Japanese porcelain
Kyoto-style grilled fish; fish slices pickled overnight in Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste, then grilled
shoulder pain (at about age forty)
Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus, species of carpet shark); Japanese carpet shark; fringe shark
sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
soft-hearted; susceptible; sentimental; tender-hearted
roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce
to fabricate a web of lies
yellowtail and daikon cooked with soy sauce
red food coloring; red food colouring
Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
going concern; stocks and all; goods and furniture included
(car) turn signal; blinker; indicator
kitchen (in a restaurant); cook; chef
sake brewer; sake brewery
barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
fellow pupil (apprentice)
having a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered
art dealer; fine art(s) shop
archery range; brothel (covering up as an archery range)
traditional Japanese meal brought in courses; tea-ceremony dishes
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
kaiseki; sophisticated traditional Japanese cuisine brought in courses; simple meal eaten before tea is served
steep (mountain); precipitous; hard (life); difficult; troubled
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering