thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
to increase; to add to; to augment
first thing after rising; as soon as getting up
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
participation; joining; entry
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
living by oneself; living alone
friend's house; home of a friend
hot pot party; party with guests sitting around a hot pot
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
gong (instrument); gong (sound at the end of round, etc.)
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
physical labor; physical labour; manual work; drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code