side dish; side menu; sidebar menu
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
introduced species; non-native species; alien species
simple chicken and rice stir fry dish (usu. flavoured with ketchup or tomato puree)
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to wrap up; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
halfsies; splitting evenly between two people
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to make a speech; to address
to sing (chant, speak) with a melody or rhythm; to set to music (verse, lyrics, etc.)
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
school record; scholastic performance
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
seedling; sapling; young tree
periodic thinning (e.g. forest)
rebuilding; reconstruction; re-erection
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
climbing kiln; ascending kiln; connected (pottery) kilns built on a slope