good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
difference; variation; difference
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
light (flavor); lightly-seasoned; thin (porcelain, paper, etc.); thinly made; thin soy sauce; light soy sauce
to flavor; to flavour; to season
(means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system
rich (taste); dark-coloured; thick; dark soy sauce
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
for (some) doubtful points to remain
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
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)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern