thin strips; matchstick-like strips; julienned ingredient
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
to become settled; to be fixed
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
number of persons; personnel
organization; organisation; forming
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to discuss; to talk together
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
around the world; throughout the world
how many people; a number of people
to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
in that manner; like that
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile