glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
just past noon; afternoon
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
difference; variation; difference
morning; forenoon; just before noon
seeing one off; farewell; escort
to begin; to set about; to start
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
low flame (cooking); low heat; simmering
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
shellfish; seashell; shell
cooking; food preparation
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
chive (Allium schoenoprasum); chives
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
silence (not speaking); muteness
at the last moment; this late in the game
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)