point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
combination technique in Judo
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
ingredient; component; composition
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
Italian food; Italian cooking
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
one meal; one meal (a day)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
sincere; earnest; serious
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
kimchi; kimchee; spicy Korean pickled cabbage; Korea; Korean
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
selection; choice; option
development; exploitation
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure