sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
automatic; intransitive verb
cooking; food preparation
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to write down or convey in full
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
coherence; order; focus; point
kitchen; financial situation
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
morning; forenoon; just before noon
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
rice and curry; curry rice
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
to knead well; to polish; to refine
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
in order; in turn; one by one
to ask a question; to ask questions
summer vacation; summer holiday
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
in advance; beforehand; previously
to feign composure; to act like one has (time, money, strength, etc.) to spare