teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
coarsely ground (e.g. coffee, grain); minced (e.g. meat)
elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile
Wagyu beef; Japanese beef
character of a place; situation; location; occasion
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
Toyama (city, prefecture)
art of cooking; cookery; cuisine
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
private affairs; personal matter
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to shout (in anger); to yell
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
the very best; excellent; superb
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
ignorant of the ways of the world
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive