assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
chicken tender; chicken tenderloin
chawanmushi; savoury steamed egg custard with chicken, mushrooms, etc. (savory)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
to spend all of one's free time; to spend one's time without constraint
beyond oneself; beyond one's ability; exceeding one's power
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
cue (billiards, pool); cue stick; cue (music, theatre, etc.)
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
extensive knowledge; erudition
brood; stud; stock; breeding
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
counting one's chickens before they've hatched; (lit.) counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
pulsation; pulsatory motion
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt); cooking a fish inside a salt crust; candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone
intelligence; intellect; brains