to keep (a person) waiting
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
food (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) cooked separately but served together on one dish
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
item; commodity; list of articles
dish dressed with sesame sauce
bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum
stir-fry; fried food (cooked in wok, frying pan, etc.)
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
to look around; to look towards (us)
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid
mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus and Sphaerotrichia divaricata, types of edible seaweed)
vinegared dish; pickled dish
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
imitation; similar article; similar goods
generally; overall; across the board; as a whole
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious