potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato
heated vegetables; warm vegetables
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
sliced vegetables pickled in soy sauce
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
single word; a few words; brief comment
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
naturally; of course; understandably
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
calm; composed; cool; quiet
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
such ... as; or some such
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
originally; by nature; from the start
eating only a little; having a small appetite
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
now that; since; so long as; because
fulfilment of a vow; fulfillment of a vow
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
speech; words; one's lines; remarks