way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
creative cookery; creative cuisine
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
high and low (social standing)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
feng shui; fengshui; wind and water
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
large number (of); many; majority
counter for choices, options, etc.
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
vitality; (one's) life force
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to have meaning; to be meaningful