art of cooking; cookery; cuisine
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
business discussion; negotiation
taste; palate; sense of taste
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
to pay one's bill; to settle one's account
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
combination microwave and (gas or electric bar) oven
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
range; stove; cooker; microwave oven
with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
superstition; acting superstitiously (for good luck)
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
damp; moist (negative nuance)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
edible chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria); crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
crisp; crunchy; precise; clipped; brisk
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death