waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
to be used to eating the best; to have a refined palate
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
lidded plastic container; Tupperware
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
goma tofu; tofu-like dish made with ground sesame paste
Kyoto-style grilled fish; fish slices pickled overnight in Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste, then grilled
sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
paella (Spanish rice dish)
home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning
one day; (on) a certain day
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
provisional; temporary; tentative