to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh; fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport); killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to eat too much; to overeat
to summon; to get used to call
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
rice (esp. when served on a plate)
health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
chopping board; cutting board
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
looking depressed; long face
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
sour look; surly face; pout
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
first meeting; first interview with
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman