to give directions; to issue instructions
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to raise one's voice; to shout
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
oyaki; fried round wheat or buckwheat flour cake with various fillings; imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
normal temperature; room temperature; constant temperature; fixed temperature
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
baking soda; sodium bicarbonate
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
farmland; rice field or paddy
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
as a child; when one was a child
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana