by myself; in person; by oneself
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
close; intimate; on good terms
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
cold storage; refrigeration
timewise; temporal; chronal
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
safe; vault; storage cabinet
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
consumption; expenditure; spending
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
natto (fermented soybeans)
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse (of the Edo shogunate)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
function; facility; faculty; feature
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous