to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
bento; Japanese box lunch
kitchen; financial situation; finances
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
last night; yesterday evening
mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
dried-out; dry (e.g. hair); stale (bread)
egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
mentsuyu; noodle soup base; mixture of dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar
rice topped with raw egg (often seasoned with soy sauce)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
home; household; family; hearth
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
Viking; smorgasbord; buffet; smorgasbord (of things); hodge-podge
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
scorching; scorch; scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
longer type of wakizashi (short sword)
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling