(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
rice cooking; boiling rice
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to be cooked; to have finished cooking
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
residing; living; dwelling
in that manner; like that
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
lidded plastic container; Tupperware
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(not so) much; (not) very
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody