thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency
demi-glace (type of brown sauce)
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
demi-glace (type of brown sauce)
speaking of ...; as for ...
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work
something or other; what-do-you-call-it; what-do-you-call-them; blah blah blah; yada yada yada
the same; the said; likewise
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
character of a place; situation; location; occasion
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
day on which a museum, library, etc. is closed; closed day
closure (of a library, museum, etc.)
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
green laver (Enteromorpha); green dried seaweed; nori
Duma (Russian legislative assembly)
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
peatland; peatlands; peat bog
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to knock out (e.g. homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible