cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
drop in the bucket; pittance; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
misjudgement; misjudgment; erroneous judgement; miscarriage of justice
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
as stated; verbatim; literally
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
salad dressed with tofu, white sesame, and white miso
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
chawanmushi; savoury steamed egg custard with chicken, mushrooms, etc. (savory)
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
chicken tender; chicken tenderloin
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)