cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
fried prawns; fried shrimp
deep-fried horse mackerel
surroundings; circumference
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
ceremonious; unduly distant (e.g. towards a friend); overly formal; reserved
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
one point; stitched ornament; small needlepoint design; relief pitcher brought in to face one batter
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
always; all the time; at all times; (at) any time; whenever (you like)
to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone
breadcrumbs; panko; bread flour
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
crisper (e.g. in refrigerator); vegetable drawer; produce compartment
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
set meal; special (of the day)
thin strips; matchstick-like strips; julienned ingredient
to mix; to blend; to combine
hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
autosuggestion; self-suggestion
vitality; energy; dynamism
chopping board; cutting board; flat chest; tiny breasts
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse (of the Edo shogunate)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
freshly boiled (rice); freshly cooked; steaming; piping hot
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)