chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
regular matches in an official tournament
texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
service à la carte; single dish eaten by itself (without side dishes)
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
lucky tea (var. of tea made from sea tangle, black soybeans, pepper, pickled plums, etc. and drunk on festive occasions); New Year tea
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
preserved food boiled in soy
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
tartar sauce; tartare sauce
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
but; however; provided that
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
to be dried out; to be parched
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
personal; individual; private
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness