to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
salted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
cold storage; deep freeze; cryopreservation
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
neighbourhood; neighborhood
small restaurant; eating house
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
sake brewer; sake brewery
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
cooking; food preparation
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
cutting (vegetables) into long, thin shavings; shaving into slivers; shavings
chopping (vegetables) into chunks