(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
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)
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
cut end; section; opening; slit
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
devil stinger (Inimicus japonicus)
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
to feel nauseated; to feel sick
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
hotel charge; lodging expense
enterprise; business; company; corporation
for a long time; since long ago; from childhood; bright and early; early in the morning
(present) head of a family
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
very much; very many; more and more
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
insight; power of observation
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
great admiration; deep respect
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
to dent; to indent; to depress; to humiliate
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
small restaurant; eating house