yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
breast meat (usu. of chicken); breast; white meat
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
description; describing; depicting
once-in-a-lifetime encounter; uniquely precious experience; (lit.) one lifetime, one meeting
lidded; covered; container with a lid
packing (items in a suitcase, etc.); packing (material for protecting packed goods); packing (material for sealing a joint); gasket
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
being extremely bad or uncomfortable (at or with something); having a dread (of something)
jello; jelly; gelatin dessert; gel; jelly
(made of) stone; stone-built
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
roofed corridor connecting two buildings; connecting passageway; skyway; skybridge; skywalk
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to project; to stick out; to stand out
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
scarlet sage (Salvia splendens); red salvia
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
model or exemplary student
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
secretive; mysterious; furtive; stealthy; clandestine; sneaky