fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
fish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
(arch.) ginger (Zingiber officinale); Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum)
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
set of problems (e.g. in a textbook) in which previously learned skills are applied to real world situations; practical assessment
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
prone to adultery; flirtatious
mapo tofu (spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat)
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
subconsciousness; subconscious (awareness)
end of work day; end of school term; end of school year
something; something or other; something something
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
one meal; one meal (a day)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
(giving) instruction; initiation
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
drinking party; get-together
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.