soaking (dirty laundry, dishes etc., before washing)
hair styling product (oil, etc.); hairdressing
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
love or affection for one's parents
mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make
this occasion; at this time; now
apologies for the crude food
king (of the senior player)
sentence structure; grammatical construction
Japanese food; Japanese meal
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
relation; relative; kind; cordial
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
amount of sugar; sugar content
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
unusual space; other dimension
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
hard worker; hardworking person
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
influence (on someone); inspiration