repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
one (thing); one piece; one item
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
overall; general; as a whole
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
vinegared dish; pickled dish
slice; slice; slice (in tennis, table tennis, etc.); backspin shot
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit