Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
salted cod roe flavored with red pepper
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
beauty is only skin-deep; (lit.) one gets tired of a beauty in three days
construction point (in ski jumping); K-point
(South) Korean cooking; (South) Korean food
mixture of soy sauce and vinegar
(arch.) ginger (Zingiber officinale); Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum)
hot pot stew made with offal, vegetables and (often) miso
family happiness; household harmony
soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin
work fiend; devil for work
sales skills; marketing power; sales strength; sales expertise
to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end
shepherd's song; pastoral poem; pastoral song; pastoral
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
green laver (Enteromorpha); green dried seaweed; nori
playground (for children); park
doubanjiang (Chinese broad bean chili paste)
hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
unloading (cargo, etc.); discharge
Libra (constellation); the Scales
there; over there; that place; that far; that much; that point
garden eel; conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping
foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company
necessary documents; important documents
back fat; fatty upper part of roast pork
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)
leader of a cheering group; head cheerleader
surimi; minced fish (or meat) mashed into a paste
just right; ideal; perfectly suitable; fetch!; bring me ...
unique type; one of a kind
drinker; person fond of alcohol (as opposed to sweets); person fond of spicy food