meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
wooden spoon; ladle; rice scoop
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
barbering; haircutting; hairdressing
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
barbershop; barber shop; barber
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)