thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
otherwise; if not; or else
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
thereupon; shortly thereafter
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
to drug (someone, food, drink)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
thin omelette cut into strips
fish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
to be entwined; to be involved
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
moderate; proper; just right
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
Japanese sea perch (Lateolabrax japonicus, esp. referring to an adult); Japanese sea bass
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
censor; overseer; inspector (Edo period)