nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
to crumble away; to collapse
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
mount; stand; lens mount; mounting (e.g. a drive); mounting (animal behaviour); asserting dominance
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
tasting a food that one has previously heard of
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
standing; reserve; always having ready
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
grated daikon and chili; whole daikon with a chili notched inside and then grated together; grated daikon and carrot
juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)
conveyor belt sushi; sushi-go-round; sushi train; kaiten-zushi
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
combination; arrangement; distribution; marrying off
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to behave well; to mind one's manners
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
boastful speech; bragging
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
tough schedule; heavy schedule; hectic schedule; tight schedule
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple