salted cod roe flavored with red pepper
to flavor; to flavour; to season
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
crisp; crunchy; precise; clipped; brisk
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
brown colour (created by roasting or firing)
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
electric hot plate; hotplate; electric griddle
simple; simplified; easy; plain
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
just made; fresh (e.g. from the oven); newly built (e.g. house); brand-new
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
manner of using one's hands
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove; household; family
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
change; changing; exchange (e.g. of goods); change of sides (in baseball, American football, etc.); switching ends (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty