bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
boneless rib (esp. of pork or beef); boned rib
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
explicit statement (e.g. law); express provision
boisterously; roughly; briskly
sweetness and saltiness; salted and sweetened taste
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
police; policeman; police officer
(I) found it; (I) found you
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
feigned; pretending (not to know)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell