lid resting directly on food; wooden drop-lid for simmering
meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine
buying futures; speculation
affixing; pasting; sticking
wholeheartedly; with all one's heart; cordially; sincerely
looking great with makeup
indisposition (e.g. a cold) caused by getting chilled while sleeping
twice cooked pork (Szechuan dish)
apt to do; liable to do; tend to do; prone to do
pickled vegetables; pickles
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
oops!; I did it again; now I've done it; I've messed up
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
part time (school system)
under the wing (esp. of an aircraft); under one's wing; under one's control
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
student marriage (esp. university, college, etc. students)
monjayaki; pan-fried batter with various fillings
not having had enough to drink (esp. alcohol)
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō); bad year; annus horribilis
major stockholder; large shareholder
red ball; amber; (arch.) patent medicine; brand of sweet wine
that goes without saying but also ...; not only that but ...
naked dance; dancing naked; striptease; strip show
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
ama; female diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.)
living together (with one more person)
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)