exactly as stated; verbatim
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to jump at; to be attracted by
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
(I) won't (say) anything no matter what (expression is followed by negative verb relating to say, answer, etc.) to not (tell) even under any threat
self-flattery; sing one's own praises
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
food; food products; foodstuffs
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
Japanese, Chinese and Western (e.g. when referring to food styles available, etc.)
full-course dinner; multicourse meal
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
reality; actuality; hard fact
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
drop (e.g. of water); drip
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
very careful; thoroughly prepared
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain