good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
stirring; rousing oneself
secret; private; surreptitious
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
while; even though; despite
honour; honor; glory; privilege
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to break into (a house to kill the master); to raid
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
baked seaweed; toasted seaweed
rolled Japanese-style omelette
grated daikon; daikon grater
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
buckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to