to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to subsist; to keep on living
leaving everything up to someone else
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
range; stove; cooker; microwave oven
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to concern; to be related
progress; advance; improvement; development
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
to take command; to give direction
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
gentle spring rain; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)
(Chinese-style) almond jelly; dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
menu; list of meals (e.g. for the week)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to prevent; to take precautions
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
unsophisticated palate; inability to discern good and bad flavours
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
paper towel; kitchen paper; kitchen roll
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables