card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
union; joining; conjugation
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema; expulsion (from a gang)
workshop; studio; atelier
genuine product; officially licensed product; non-counterfeit article
combining the working parts of two or more broken machines to make one functioning machine; manufacturing one part out of multiple different parts
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables
pork donburi; bowl of rice topped with pork and vegetables
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
Japanese food; Japanese meal
roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to get angry; to snap
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
no need to guess; certainly
joint together; opposite; facing
combination; arrangement; distribution; (arch.) marrying off
brown colour (created by roasting or firing)
bursting with juice; oozing with savory juices (esp. when bitten); with a gloss (e.g. makeup); with shine; sleekily
being filled with; being full of; permeation
to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
cutting into four; quarter; photograph size 254mm x 305 mm
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
freshly boiled (rice); freshly cooked; steaming; piping hot
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to dish up; to arrange (food) on a plate
set meal; special (of the day)