serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
mediator; manager; caretaker
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
being off guard; being defenseless
uniform resource locator; URL
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
stirring; slight movement
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
to project; to stick out; to stand out
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to paint (draw) a picture
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
as a child; when one was a child
enumeration; citation; listing
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience