service à la carte; single dish eaten by itself (without side dishes)
a considerable number; a fair number
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
frozen food; eating raw food; Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
as before; as ever; as it was originally
memory; ability to remember
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
shellfish; seashell; shell
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
how many months?; how long?
cold storage; deep freeze; cryopreservation
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
several types; several kinds; several species
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to find out; to discover; to locate
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray