to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)
student (esp. a university student)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
(your, his, her) daughter
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
low flame (cooking); low heat; simmering
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
soy sauce flavoured with grated wasabi (used for sashimi, etc.)
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn
long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
to bail (e.g. water from a boat); to ladle
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
broth left over after boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc.; stock
health; healthy; sound; fit
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
cookware; cooking utensil
present continuous tense; present progressive form
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
recovery; undoing; recall
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
white spring onion; white scallion
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
balling and burlapping (horticulture); root wrapping
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
next; secondly; subsequently
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase