dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
shop; small store; business; firm
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
firmly rooted; deep-seated
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
way; method; means; resource; course
low tone; bass; low voice
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
cooking class; cookery school
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
each and all; every single one; everybody
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
tourist trade; travel industry; tourist business; tourist enterprise
curious; strange; unusual
to offer for sale; to put on the market
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
still; even now; to this day
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
inauguration; installation ceremony
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability