set meal; special (of the day)
main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish
shredded dried plum; plum pulp
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
side dish (e.g. vegetables, beans, pickles)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
(arch.) to rub into; to train for; to prepare for
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
please (give me); please (do for me)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
thick (esp. paper, cloth)