Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
frying or baking something thick (e.g. thick omelette)
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
elementary level; beginner level
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
mid-year gift; summer gift
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
waking up early; getting up early; early rising
intensive; concentrated; focused
hydration; rehydration; to hydrate; to rehydrate; to moisturize
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
offender; criminal; culprit
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt