to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki)
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
the West; the Occident; Western countries
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
dressing up; wearing fancy clothes
after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath
hydration; rehydration; to hydrate; to rehydrate; to moisturize
to water down; to dilute with water
easy to drink; easy to swallow; quaffable
absorption; suction; attraction
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
perfectly round; perfectly circular
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
how many years; how long; what year
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
filtering through silk cloth; straining through silk cloth
goma tofu; tofu-like dish made with ground sesame paste
bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
confidentially; privately; off the record
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
processed goods; finished goods
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares