exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
body; physique; build; stature
good impression; favorable impression
good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing
appetizer; later date; post-dating (e.g. a letter or cheque)
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
bean curd lees; soybean pulp; refuse from tofu; deutzia; Deutzia crenata
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii); ark shell
distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard; Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)
garden eel; conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
fish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
kelp with herring roe (sushi type)
sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)
fish pickled in sweet Kyoto-style miso
edible flower bud of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant, an early spring delicacy
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
monkfish liver; goosefish liver
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
secondary taro corm; daughter taro corm; taro cormel; taro bud
vinegared dish; pickled dish
Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback
red turnip; small red radish
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
last soup served in a kaiseki course (often miso soup)
soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves
mizu yōkan; soft adzuki-bean jelly
matcha; powdered green tea
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality