bento; Japanese box lunch
single word; a few words; brief comment
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
three; three years of age
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
mixture of mayonnaise and canned tuna, used on bread, pasta, etc.
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
triangle; triangular shape
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
south wind; southerly wind; (arch.) summer
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
very; extremely; excessively
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
poultry farm; chicken farm
to increase; to add to; to augment
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)