to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
cooking; food preparation
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to give directions; to issue instructions
briskly; quickly; promptly
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
skillful handling of a kitchen knife
crisp; crunchy; precise; clipped; brisk
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
large serving; large portion
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); Daesh; IS; information separator; delimiter
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
Japanese person; Japanese people
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly