route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
natto (fermented soybeans)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
living thing; organism; creature; biology
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
being good at cooking; good cook
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi; sushi rice
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
formal marriage interview
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
homecoming; returning home
to correct oneself; to restate
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
vinegared rice and sliced raw tuna wrapped in seaweed
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
kiss scene; kissing scene
love scene; bedroom scene; sex scene
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction