to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; (lit.) hotpot magistrate
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
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
to be boiled; to be cooked
one or two; a few; small number
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to feel hungry; to get hungry
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
every person; each one; everybody
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to remove the scum (from a broth or liquid); to skim (a liquid)
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
ingredient; component; composition
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
removing scum (from a broth, etc.); skimming off scum
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
confections; sweets; candy; cake
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to become possible; to become able to (do)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
loop; band; loop (in a program); looping (of a video, slideshow, etc.); repeating (e.g. of a conversation); time loop (in fiction); temporal loop
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to keep a watchful eye on
each place; various places
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)