teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to rain incessantly; to downpour
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
exhibition; display; putting on show
coarse salt; unrefined salt
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
seasoning; flavour; flavor
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
leg; leg (of a race, competition, etc.)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
time; season; period; phase; stage
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar