cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake fried on an iron griddle with vegetables, meat and/or seafood and topped with various sauces and condiments
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless
cooking; food preparation
silk thread; silk yarn; corn silk
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
double take (esp. out of surprise)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
forgetting; lapse of memory
changing clothes; change of clothes
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to say no more; to sink into silence
stairs; stairway; staircase
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
both (people); the two of them
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
blue; sad; down (in the dumps)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
cooler box; cooler; cool box
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
such a thing; something like that
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)