New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
commencing with; including
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
righteye flounder (any fish of family Pleuronectidae)
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
assorted grains; cereals; millet
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
(light) scoring (in cooking)
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
imagination; supposition; guess
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
jellied fish or meat broth
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future