seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
way of eating; how to eat
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
thickly; stickily; viscously
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice; front pocket in a haragake
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
beginning; outset; first; onset
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to eat a lot; to have a good appetite; appetizing
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
Japanese food; Japanese meal
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
novel; original; new; innovative
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday