seeing for the first time; first sight
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
educational institution; school; academy; campus
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
leaf vegetable; green vegetable; edible herb
root crops; root vegetables
complete set; all; everything
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
peeler (for peeling a label from its base in a barcode printer)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
being filled with; being full of; permeation
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
(pork) cutlet curry; tonkatsu curry
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
half-cooked; rare; ambiguous; vague; immature
that; the matter in question
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy