tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
deviation; departure; omission
sampling food; tasting; trying
genuine; authentic; true; real
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
outward; superficial; external; apparent
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
wire mesh net; net made out of metal wire
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
brown colour (created by roasting or firing)
setting a place; setting the table
carving knife; butcher's knife; cleaver; meat chopper
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
just as one was told; like she (he) said