cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
kusaya; brined, sun-dried fish (usu. mackerel scad) which has a very pungent smell
surströmming; Swedish dish of fermented herring
to be torn off; to come off
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
charred; burnt black; scorched black
esophagus; gullet; esophageal
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
gluttony; satiation; engorgement
supporting role (actor); minor role
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
Oriental medicine; Eastern medicine
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
party in full swing; party at its peak
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
high sensitivity; highly sensitive (e.g. film, radio receiver); high speed (film); discerning; discriminating; of refined tastes
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
stir-fry; fried food (cooked in wok, frying pan, etc.)
enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
ugly (of a person); plain; unattractive; (arch.) lacking ability; (arch.) incompetent
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
different culture; foreign culture
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
preserved food boiled in soy
hornet larva (esp. of yellowjacket species Vespula flaviceps); bee larva