call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
to rebuild; to reconstruct
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling
chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
yellowtail and daikon cooked with soy sauce
aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food
salad dressed with tofu, white sesame, and white miso
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
this for sure; certainly is
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to rearrange; to resequence
scallion; shallot; green onion; spring onion
to taste; to try (food or drink)
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
new town (esp. planned satellite towns of Osaka Prefecture); new housing development
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
capital; funds; seed money; asset
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
second; number two; runner-up
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)