surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
natto (fermented soybeans)
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
(small crunchy) dried sardines
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
nutritional value; food value
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
interval; break; pause; spare moment
leisure time; idle moment
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination