silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
chair; stool; post; office; position
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to begin; to set about; to start
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
failure; mistake; blunder
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
manner of using one's hands
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to peel; to skin; to pare
practice; practising; experience
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
duty; function; office; mission; task
bento; Japanese box lunch
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
there being no use in arguing (about it)