walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
according to plan; as planned; on target
(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
looking good; standing out (in a particular context or setting); appealing (esp. on social media); photogenic; attractive
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to be talkative; to have a glib tongue; to speak fluently; to be a good talker
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of a single person)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
long-awaited; much-awaited
objection; dissent; protest
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
small number; few; minority
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up