bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
to be collected (of clams, etc.); to be gathered (of mushrooms, herbs, etc.); to be picked (of fruit, etc.); to be able to collect; to be able to extract; to be able to get
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
multi-course menu; multi-course dining
preserved food boiled in sweetened soy sauce
destination (in travel); place where one is staying
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
shredded dried plum; plum pulp
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
thin green spring onion shoots (esp. minced as a condiment)
rolled Japanese-style omelette
bamboo mat used in food preparation (esp. to roll sushi); sushi mat
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
grill (esp. fish grill); grilled food; grill room; restaurant serving grilled food; (radiator) grille
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
empirically; from experience
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable