boiling something whole (e.g. vegetable, fish); cooking something whole
Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)
mold (e.g. cake mold); mould; baking pan; bread pan
(in the middle of) considering; deliberating
amaou; strawberry cultivar
bibimbap (Korean rice dish)
Kimura Takuya (abbr, Smap star)
cold noodles (in Korean style); chilled Chinese noodles; cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
rhinitis; coryza; nasal inflammation
morning soap opera; morning television serial
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
withdrawal (of money); payment; contribution; investment; financing
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block
Engel's coefficient; proportion of one's income spent on food
extra-large (clothing size); XL
coarse anko; coarse sweet red bean paste
Wouldn't It Be Loverly (song)
coriander (Coriandrum sativum); cilantro; dhania; Chinese parsley
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome
strained bean paste; smooth anko; fine-grained sweet bean paste
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
town originally built around a temple or shrine
leaving (fleeing) the capital
quenching; hardening; tempering
take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
Kentucky Fried Chicken; KFC
ground wave; terrestrial broadcast signal (i.e. not satellite); terrestrial; over-the-air
person in the business (entertainment, music, film, etc.)
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi