sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific volcanic belt)
every month; each month; monthly
journal; magazine; periodical
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
white clover (Trifolium repens); Dutch clover
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
auberge (French-style inn and restaurant)
to be born; to come into the world
to talk the night away; to talk all night
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
graduation examination; graduation test
successive generations; successive emperors
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
around the world; throughout the world
executive chef; head chef
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
ritual stamping in the ring; lineup; appearance together
chef-owner; chef and owner
same; similar; (just) like; equal
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
possible; likely; probable
as you see; as you can see
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
start; commencement; beginning; initiation