mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
other than; excluding; without
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text
box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
telecommunications; correspondence
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)
half-wit; fool; simpleton