bento; Japanese box lunch
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
with one's mouth wide open; gapingly
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to open (one's eyes) wide
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
homemade bento containing food decorated to look like cute characters (from anime, etc.)
too (much); overly; excessively
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
trembling from fear; trembling all over
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
tiger's mouth; pattern of three stones resembling a cat's face; used as a connection
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously