grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
flour; powder (for polishing, dusting, etc.)
to be sticky; to be close together
on countless occasions; many a time
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
in a day; in a brief space of time
slitheringly; wriggling, slipping and sliding
three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection); trifurcated; three-pronged fork; trident
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
(running) along a mountain; along (a chain of) mountains
to begin to dissolve; to start melting; to dissolve into (a liquid)
chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip
evidence; (positive) test results
to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
to ripen; to give one's everything; to make one's best effort
cotoletta alla milanese; Milanese cutlet (of veal)
Western food; Western dish; Western cooking; Japanized Western cuisine
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
spoiled fun; loss of interest; damper (e.g. on the party); wet blanket; turn-off
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity
figurative expression; metaphorical expression
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
ebisenbei; shrimp-flavored rice cracker
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
deviation; departure; (accidental) omission
vector; direction (e.g. of one's activities or interests); focus