precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous
to come to an end; to close the curtain
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
general; popular; common; typical
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
foreign; abroad; overseas
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
growing wild (naturally); native
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
fish-based cooking; fish dish
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
parboiling; preparatory boiling