to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
meal set before one; women's advances
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
simmering; (boiling) gently
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
edible chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria); crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica); potherb mustard; Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
one thin flat object; one sheet
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to throw into; to toss into
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy