taste; feel on the tongue; manner; demeanour; demeanor
impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)
vinegared dish; pickled dish
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
admiration; being impressed (by)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
largest class; top category
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
fish-based cooking; fish dish
unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to amuse oneself; to make merry
things to be washed; (dirty) dishes; laundry; washing
(Japanese-style) living room
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
sailor suit; middy uniform; two-piece school uniform modeled after the sailor suit
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
how; in what way; by what means
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
the top (e.g. top ten); the best
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
wearing (e.g. a uniform, seat belt, helmet); having on
private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
several hundred; hundreds (of)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy