meat dish; meat-based cuisine
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
strongish; somewhat strong
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
just made; fresh (e.g. from the oven); newly built (e.g. house); brand-new
Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo); Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
difficult to approach; inaccessible
considerably; greatly; a lot
to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
import; importation; introduction; afferent
to try to do; to attempt to do
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
(Chinese) chili oil; chile oil; chilli oil
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
infrared rays; infrared radiation
perception; sensing; noticing