rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to be cooked; to have finished cooking
to mix; to stir; to blend
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
menu; schedule; program; menu
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon
saikyo-yaki; fish slices pickled overnight in white miso, then grilled
cold tofu (served with condiments)
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping; tenuki; playing elsewhere on the board instead of responding locally
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
question; inquiry; enquiry
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
homecoming; returning home
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
one's house; one's home; one's family
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see