provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; (railway) truck; bogie; flatcar
rice and curry; curry rice
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to become dim; to become blurred
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
manners; courtesy; etiquette
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
edge of town; outskirts of a village
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
for a change; for variety's sake
one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
mixture of mayonnaise and canned tuna, used on bread, pasta, etc.
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
top bust measurement; full-bust measurement; overbust measurement
under bust (measurement, corset, etc.)
bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all