cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
period of time; time slot; time zone
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to stand aside; to step to the side; to move aside
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles
that's true; of course; obviously
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
living thing; organism; creature; biology
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection
mythical Japanese hominid (similar to yeti or Bigfoot)
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
ASIMO (bipedal robot created by Honda)
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)