painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
utmost limits; extremity; limit
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
aquiline nose; Roman nose; hook nose
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
to cut with scissors; to put scissors to; to trim (a tree, shrub, etc.); to punch (a ticket)
each (every) time; whenever
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to become hoarse; to become husky
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
the very best; excellent; superb
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe; not completely displeasing; fairly pleasing