marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
soup stock made from kombu
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance
cooking; food preparation
to distribute; to portion out; to deal out; to separate (out); to pick out
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
pride; dignity; self-worth
to subsist; to keep on living
every other day; every second day
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
respect and affection; love and respect
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
to begin to walk; to set out
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)