to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to discuss; to talk together
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to peel; to skin; to pare
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
night watch; fire watchman
seasoning; flavour; flavor
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
24 hours; twenty-four hours
brilliant; bright; dazzling
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
general idea; concept; notion
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
two meals; (eating) two meals a day
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish
way; method; means; resource; course
residing; living; dwelling
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...