menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
simmering; (boiling) gently
preparation; arrangements
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to lie down; to throw oneself down
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
back street; back alley; off-street
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way