seasoning with salt; amount of salt
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
preserved food boiled in soy
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
love ban; talent agency rule forbidding clients from getting involved in romantic relationships
winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs
consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
one's free time; one's time off; day off; time-out
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)
arrival of goods; goods received
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison; as I see it; by my estimate
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to become desperate; to give in to despair
gender; distinction of sex; sex
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
provisional; temporary; tentative
to lie down; to throw oneself down
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine