lid resting directly on food; wooden drop-lid for simmering
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
chopping (vegetables) into chunks
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to remove the scum (from a broth or liquid); to skim (a liquid)
steady; sound; reliable; solid
like this; this sort; this way
continuing one's education into high school
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to peel; to skin; to pare
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to walk heavily and clumsily; to lumber
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
kalbi; Korean-style marinated barbecued ribs
beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue
skirt steak; meat cut from the diaphragm; belly meat (e.g. salmon); peritoneal meat (e.g. chicken)
misuji (cut of beef, usu. from the chuck); shamisen; samisen
fatty pork (from cheek, neck or shoulder)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
to cease; to stop; to be over
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)