meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
general; popular; common; typical
way of eating; how to eat
beginning; outset; first; onset
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish
Western food; Western dish; Western cooking; Japanized Western cuisine
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
high-class restaurant; high-end store
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
common people; ordinary people; masses
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
two incompatible things (or people); (going together like) oil and water
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy