side dish (e.g. vegetables, beans, pickles)
pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables
chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
gentle spring rain; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
in the meanwhile; during the time
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
slight; thin; on the weak side
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
boneless pork rib; boned pork rib
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; eternal life and prosperity
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
beforehand; in advance; previously
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
both sides; two sides; double-sided
baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful