cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
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)
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
preparation; arrangements
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
stew of cubed meat or fish (esp. pork belly or tuna)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
to be exhausted; to be tired out
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
expiry date (esp. on food); expiration date; use-by date
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous