to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
to play a leading role; to play a central part
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
stomach ache; abdominal pain
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
practical; realistic; pragmatic
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to put into the mouth; to eat
pike (esp. the Amur pike, Esox reichertii); pickerel
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.); to pry (into people's private affairs)
to monitor closely (for rule-breaking, etc.); to keep a close eye on
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
distilled liquor; spirits
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
fish simmered with soy sauce (and sugar)
appearance; figure; shape; form
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
drinking place; bar; izakaya; sake-producing area
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
each time it happens; at all such times