chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
frivolous; flippant; superficial; flattery; (insincere) compliments
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by)
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
(biological) neural network; neural circuit; nerve network
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
existence; possession; having; limited company
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
Japan hand (someone very knowledgeable about Japan)
the same kind; accomplice; partner
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish; horseradish (or any blend of wasabi and horseradish)
brown; light brown; tawny
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled