stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
number; number plate; license plate
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
scene of an accident; crash site; accident scene
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
lightly pickled vegetables
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
inside the cell; intracellular
volatile component; volatile constituent
pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
sea urchin; seasoned sea urchin eggs
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)
texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)