to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
by myself; in person; by oneself
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
elegance; taste; refinement
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
by means of; due to; because of; according to
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
to join together; to combine; to join up
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
being good at cooking; good cook
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be greedy; to devour greedily
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane