skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
flour; meal; powder; dust
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
draining hot water (e.g. from noodles)
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
to begin; to set about; to start
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
during; for the duration of
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
everything; anything; nothing
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
food specialist; meal advisor
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
study; research; investigation
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
final; eventual; ultimate
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to cause someone to worry
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)