daily meals; three regular meals a day
cook-house; galley; kitchen
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
your husband; her husband
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
pride; boast; credit (to)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
nakiri knife; vegetable knife
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
notice; attention; observation
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm