closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
curry udon; udon with curry sauce
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
one by one; one after another; successively
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
my husband; one's family; family member
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
cut end; section; opening; slit
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
fat (of meat); fatty meat
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunate that ...
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
stew of cubed meat or fish (esp. pork belly or tuna)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
cooking program; cookery show
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone