bento; Japanese box lunch
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
outside of one's area of expertise
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
on the way back; returning
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
apologies for the crude food
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
quotation; citation; reference
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to fall flat; to fall face down
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
relish; gusto; appreciation
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
all sorts of; all kinds of
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
sweet and sour; bittersweet
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
to state; to express; to mention
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
first experience (of something); first sexual experience