quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to rain incessantly; to downpour
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
sunlight filtering through trees
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
student's handbook; small notebook that also acts as a student ID
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
gorgeous; sumptuous; extravagant; luxurious
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
fish having white flesh (e.g. tai, hirame, karei)
fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)
production (e.g. play); direction
tartar sauce; tartare sauce
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
bar code; comb over (on a balding man); combover
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
raw materials; ingredients
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same