tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface
to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
preserved food boiled in soy
chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
mixture of mayonnaise and canned tuna, used on bread, pasta, etc.
something out of the ordinary; variant; variety; person with an unusual character or background; unique figure; exceptional type
pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
stew of cubed meat or fish (esp. pork belly or tuna)
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
pickled Japanese horseradish; wasabi cut up and mixed with sake lees
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home