to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
health management; health maintenance; health care
fat (of meat); fatty meat
work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
examiner (e.g. patent examiner)
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
original method or procedure; serious; orthodox; classical
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
visual confirmation; sighting
monitoring equipment; observational instrument
the other day; a few days ago
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
rebirth; new birth; nascent
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid