yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
full-course dinner; multicourse meal
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
protrusion; projection; hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; frontal thrust out (winning technique); pushing one's opponent out of the ring
distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
corn flakes; cold cereal; breakfast cereal
yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt
just managing; with great difficulty
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
security guard; doorkeeper
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
inspection; examination; checking
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
health; healthy; sound; fit
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly