chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
vinegared dish; pickled dish
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
lacquer ware; lacquerware; lacquer work; lacquerwork
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to relax; to feel at home
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to encamp; to take up positions
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
foreign; abroad; overseas
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
to be prominently ...; to be persistently ...
freezing weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame; gathering; collecting; coming together
to employ; to hire; to charter
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)