insurance; guarantee; warranty
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
Japan and the West; Japanese style and Western style
all times and places; all ages and countries
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
window; window (shop display)
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
proficient; skilled; skillful; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with)
food simmered in cream; creamed dish; fricasee
large serving; large portion
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo)
set meal; special (of the day)
3000; three thousand; many
soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings
daily food; regular diet; staple food
without omission; in full
eating while standing; eating at a (street) stall
custom; habit; customary practice
to complain; to make a complaint
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
udon with deep-fried tofu
abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
in proportion to; just as much as
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
disparate society; stratified society
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
large amount of money; great cost
orphanage; children's home
to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
low (atmospheric) pressure; low-pressure system; depression; bad temper; foul mood; tense situation
instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles