main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
softness; comparatively soft
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
general public; the masses
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
regulation; adjustment; control
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
inside one's heart; in one's mind
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
contrived; false-sounding
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
forcibly; against one's will
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter