soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
here and there; everywhere
to come and go; to go back and forth
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
parent-child relationship
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
curry udon; udon with curry sauce
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
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
my husband; one's family; family member
cut end; section; opening; slit
fat (of meat); fatty meat
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
stew of cubed meat or fish (esp. pork belly or tuna)
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
cooking program; cookery show
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
things to be washed; (dirty) dishes; laundry; washing
bread flour (high gluten); strong flour; hard flour
to mix; to stir; to blend
amount; quantity; measuring; weighing
to be completely boiled; to be sufficiently boiled
slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid
strongish; somewhat strong
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue