ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
man; menswear; clothing for men
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
rather; better; instead; if anything
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
boneless pork rib; boned pork rib
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
fried dish seasoned with miso
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
common people; ordinary people; masses
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
very; extremely; like the devil; as a demon
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
scallion; green onion; spring onion
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to peel; to skin; to pare
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)