to look around; to look towards (us)
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
unfairness; injustice; partiality
in terms of; from the point of view of
deviation; departure; omission
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
regular matches in an official tournament
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
preserved food boiled in soy
chive (Allium schoenoprasum); chives
frying or baking something thick (e.g. thick omelette)
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
(United States of) America; USA
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
in that manner; like that
way of eating; how to eat