seasoned vinegar used for preparing sushi rice
freeze tag (children's game)
nonburnable garbage; nonflammables
stray cat; alley cat; brazen cat which steals food
fresh salmon; unsalted salmon; raw salmon
burnable garbage; burnable waste
paper airplane (aeroplane)
to wheeze; to breathe with difficulty; to gasp
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
parboiling; preparatory boiling
to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
(mixture of) ground beef and pork
return of spring; rejuvenation
thin omelette cut into strips
point (of a conversation, etc.); sense; hold; grip
reading of a kanji by meaning
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
chive (Allium schoenoprasum); chives
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
trivial; not amounting to much
whispered conversation; whispering
one-eyed goblin; one-eyed monster
first storm of spring; strong winds during the change from winter to spring
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
backflip; backward somersault
ladle; tadpole; musical note
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
vinegared rice; rice prepared for sushi
variety of court dance (Nara period)
eating one's lunch box before lunchtime (e.g. of a student)