soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
rice cooking; boiling rice
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
vacuum bottle; thermos; jar
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to be cooked; to have finished cooking
four-legged tray for festive food
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
greens; vegetable leaves; leaf vegetable
richly colored; richly coloured
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
garden eel; conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)
entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses
foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
crisp (like a pickle); crunchy; firm (musculature); stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
supply; supplying; replenishment
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
to become clear; to be made public
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
physiological phenomenon; physiological response
during; for the duration of
to affect; to impact; to influence
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of