type of sushi with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on the rice
goma tofu; tofu-like dish made with ground sesame paste
one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)
Kyoto-style grilled fish; fish slices pickled overnight in Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste, then grilled
shoulder pain (at about age forty)
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
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
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
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
using every trick (in the book)
small token of one's sentiments; just slightly; only a bit
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
fish simmered with soy sauce (and sugar)
general contractor; main contractor; major construction company
okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
excursion; outing; picnic
travel agent; travel agency
destination; receiver's address; consignee
to dance; to perform a dance
the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering
to make an appointment; to make a reservation
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law