appetizer; later date; post-dating (e.g. a letter or cheque)
food (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) cooked separately but served together on one dish
salad dressed with tofu, white sesame, and white miso
will not do; do not; does not
no problem; it doesn't matter
debt collector; bill collector; repo man
waiver; weber (Wb) (unit of magnetic flux)
consultation; consulting; consul
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa
sprouts; new shoots; young buds
cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
Kintarō; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength; Kintarō doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron); diamond-shaped apron
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
payment of debts; repayment
when; at what moment; what time
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
beauty treatment; cosmetology; beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic
10,000,000,000; ten billion
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
slowness; inertness; inability; lack of talent; dullness
overanxiety; needless worry
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter