infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
chicken and vegetable stew with bechamel sauce or fresh cream
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
mellow (flavor or fragrance, esp. alcohol); rich; full-bodied; superior
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
complete set; all; everything
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
principle; theory; fundamental truth
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
hermetically seal; sealing (e.g. envelope)
heating; application of heat
to apply pressure to; to press
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot