sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki)
mentsuyu; noodle soup base; mixture of dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
emergency transport; ambulance transport
to close down a business; to shut a business
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
demanding; difficult; strict
traditional Chinese medicine
man's weeping (esp. someone not prone to tears)
bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
police drama (television); detective drama
enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
thick (esp. paper, cloth)
to sob; to be choked with tears
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
the right person in the right place
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack