weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
woman; lady; adult female
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of; to take a tea break; to rest
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
statement of the efficacy of a medicine
sweet and sour; bittersweet
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
easy to drink; easy to swallow; quaffable
cake or snack served with tea
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to search for; to seek for; to look for
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
stir-fried shrimp in chili sauce
Szechuan pickles; Sichuan vegetables; zha cai; pickled mustard plant stem
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis; esp. cultivars with green stalks); pak choi; Chinese cabbage
Chinese wolfberry fruit (Lycium chinense); Chinese matrimony vine fruit
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)
yum cha; eating snacks (esp. dim sum) with tea
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)