elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
salted rice-bran paste for pickling
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to dish up; to arrange (food) on a plate
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
one's house; one's home; one's family
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
now; the present time; just now; another; more
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
finish; end; completion; result
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)