weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
one's house; one's home; one's family
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
strongish; somewhat strong
seasoning; flavour; flavor
mentsuyu; noodle soup base; mixture of dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; a specialty of the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
welcome rain; beneficial rain; blessed rain; rain that comes after a drought
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
only; merely; but; no more than
incident; affair; happening; event
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be