practice; practising; experience
Ajinomoto; brand name of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
best regards; please take care of; please do
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
isolation room; quarantine room; isolation ward
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
uselessly; pointlessly; in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; idly
washing; cleansing; cleaning; irrigation
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
fiftieth day after the birth of a child; fifty days