light-coloured ceramic cooking pan with a lid and short spout; aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern (aluminium)
deep-frying with little oil
soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar
cutting into chunks (esp. vegetables)
thin strips; matchstick-like strips; julienned ingredient
tax included (e.g. price); before tax (e.g. salary)
beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
founder; originator; pioneer
two legs; two feet; two pairs
living by oneself; living alone
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
piece; fragment; one (object)
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
section manager; section chief