cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
... years old; age (of) ...
Fukuoka Prefecture (Kyūshū)
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
company president; manager; director
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
English conversation; school for English conversation
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
leaking out; leakage; leak
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
sleeping pill; sleep medication
date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
victim; injured party; sufferer
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)
in the mountains; among the mountains