assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
dinner (esp. a formal one)
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
shabu-shabu; hot pot dish where thinly sliced meat is boiled quickly and then dipped in sauce
mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard; Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)
white spring onion; white scallion
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
tingling; stinging; pungently
grated daikon and chili; whole daikon with a chili notched inside and then grated together; grated daikon and carrot
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to be boiled; to be cooked
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) in one go
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
tingling; stinging; pungently
ponzu mixed with grated daikon
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
about when; about what time; how soon
bathing; going in the bath
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
period of youth; while young