lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to stand by; to be on standby
preface; introduction; preamble
lidded plastic container; Tupperware
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
Vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus
stir-fried shrimp in chili sauce
fried prawns; fried shrimp
fish having white flesh (e.g. tai, hirame, karei)
fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle
makizushi; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
bento; Japanese box lunch
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
everything; anything; nothing