wonderful; splendid; magnificent
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
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)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); 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; saving (e.g. to disk)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
cold storage; refrigeration
timewise; temporal; chronal
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
cannot be compared with; no match for
safe; vault; storage cabinet
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try 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
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time