to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
February; second month of the lunar calendar
almost every day; almost daily
medium flame (cooking); medium heat; medium fire
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
kitchen; financial situation
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to become possible; to become able to (do)
last position; previous job; predecessor
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
low dining table; tea table
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial