to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish
swordfish (Xiphias gladius); broadbill
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
founder; originator; pioneer
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
fish-based cooking; fish dish
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
in the meanwhile; during the time
large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
paste (form); (as a) paste
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
paste (food, text, adhesive, etc.)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
potato starch; starch of dogtooth violet
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
preliminary arrangements; spade work
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
beforehand; in advance; previously
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
something unusual; something odd; something out of the ordinary