origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
Japanese style; Japanese fashion
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
food universally loved by all citizens; comfort food
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
soy sauce ramen; soy ramen; ramen in clear brown broth flavored with soy sauce
shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth
tonkotsu ramen; pork bone broth ramen
Szechuan dish of noodles covered with a sauce of sesame paste and chili oil
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
etc.; et cetera; and so on
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
for example; for instance; e.g.
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
three; three years of age
mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
not limited to; not just ...
home area; home town; local
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
program (e.g. TV); programme
removal of astringent taste (e.g. by cooking)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
every year; yearly; annually