lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; heartwood
expressing one's mind; speaking out
tuna donburi; bowl of rice topped with tuna
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
form; shape; figure; visage
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
that's true; of course; obviously
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
with these words; while saying
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
father; dad; husband; you; he
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
persistence; single-mindedness
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
orphanage; children's home; foster home
abandoned child; foundling