lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
box lunches for delivery; catering meal
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
it's probably so; it stands to reason
whole tomatoes (canned, etc.)
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
chili powder; chilli powder
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
have it your way; to hell with you!; get rooted!; bugger you!
speech; expression; wording; language
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
neutralization; neutralisation; counteraction
washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
being rich; having plenty of money; wallowing in money
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
one's own work; making by oneself
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
being good at cooking; good cook
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
passive; negative; conservative; depolarization
to be too numerous; to be too much
very hungry; starving; ravenous
simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry