being good at cooking; good cook
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
chawanmushi; savoury steamed egg custard with chicken, mushrooms, etc. (savory)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
business trip; official trip
happōshu; low-malt beer-like beverage; sparkling wine; sparkling liquor; sparkling alcohol
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
alternating; taking turns
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus); northern sea lion
spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
here and there; in places
to be erected; to be built
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill