principle; theory; fundamental truth
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
fish, meat, vegetables, etc. pickled in kōji and salt; food pickled in malted rice
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
fat; tallow; lard; grease
first class plus; extra special
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
relatively; comparatively
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
ingredient; component; composition
undisputed; entirely; perfect
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
fate; destiny; predestination
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
people; citizens; subjects; folk
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
consideration; taking into account
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to feel; to sense; to experience
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion