to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
raw fish; uncooked fish; fresh fish
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to anticipate; to foresee
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
treating someone like a child
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
hundred points; perfect mark
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
tuna (Thunnus spp.; esp. the Pacific bluefin); dead fish (person who is unresponsive or passive during sex); starfish; body of a person struck by a train; person unconscious due to alcohol
fat under-belly of tuna (considered high-quality)
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
to be slippery; to be slimy; (arch.) to behave charmingly; (arch.) to walk merrily
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red