to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
apologies for the crude food
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
coverall apron; cook's apron
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
wooden spoon; ladle; rice scoop
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
growth period (in children)
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
low dining table; tea table
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to become empty; to be emptied
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
kitchen; financial situation; finances
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
one-plate meal; simple meal; austerity diet
item; commodity; list of articles
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
evening meal; dinner; supper
that's the way it is; such is life
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate