tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
to look forward to something
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
journal; magazine; periodical
life; living; I; me; student
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
serialization; serialisation; serial story
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
charming; fascinating; attractive
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
article; news story; report; account
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up