small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
thin dipping sauce for tempura
grated daikon; daikon grater
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer
perfectly round; perfectly circular
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
Asian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus); moon bear
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
narrator; storyteller; reciter
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
folklore studies; folkloristics
good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
head; chief; boss; leader
will not do; do not; does not
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
styrofoam; styrene foam; expanded polystyrene
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
thermos bottle; vacuum flask
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
fried oysters; deep-fried oysters
supreme; sublime; highest
to prostrate oneself before
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
several (objects, usu. from two to six)