housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
kitchen; financial situation
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
(small crunchy) dried sardines
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
outside world; physical world
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
black rotary-dial telephone
interior (of building, room, vehicle, etc.); interior design
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual; effeminate man
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
to have a smattering knowledge of
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
rice cooking; boiling rice
low dining table; tea table
(so miserable that it is) painful to look at; painful to watch
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to be cooked; to have finished cooking
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around