opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
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)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
monetary; financial; pecuniary
new menu item; new dish on a menu
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
splashing on; splashing at; dish made by pouring broth over something (esp. bukkakesoba); bukkake; ejaculation onto someone's face
very much; very many; more and more
egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga)
beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
used for cooling; used for refrigeration; heat-absorbing
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to have time free; to have time to spare
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing