one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
construction; architecture (of buildings)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to
to fight against; to oppose; to face
cooking class; cookery school
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
cakes made from glutinous rice and potato starch
cream stew; chicken and vegetable stew with bechamel sauce or fresh cream
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold; cookie cutter
soroban bead with value one
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
pupil; student; schoolchild
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
woman; lady; adult female
white sauce; béchamel sauce
keen; eager; enthusiastic; motivated; determined; positive
manual labor; manual labour; handwork; manual procedure
bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)
good performance; good work; great success
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
priest; (arch.) member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryō system; (arch.) government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto; (arch.) prominent member of a town; river boatman; captain of a riverboat; (arch.) (medieval) harbor manager
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
(drink) at a gulp; with a gulp; in gulps
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)