cooking; food preparation
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
single word; a few words; brief comment
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
to be overcome with emotion
tear gland; lacrimal gland
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
just because; even if; even though
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
battlefield; battleground
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to receive divine punishment
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
fish-based cooking; fish dish
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
fish having white flesh (e.g. tai, hirame, karei)
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
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.
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty