cooking; food preparation
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
bento; Japanese box lunch
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
recipe; (medical) prescription; how-to guide (e.g. for crafts)
picking out; choosing; picking (someone) up (in a vehicle); pickup (in a record player); (phono) cartridge; pickup (truck)
licensed chef; qualified cook
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
bashfulness; shyness; (showing signs of) embarrassment
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
kitchen; financial situation; finances
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
work-in-progress; working state
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone