just because; even if; even though
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping; tenuki; playing elsewhere on the board instead of responding locally
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
open; spacious; extensive
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
butter rice; buttered rice
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
important point; point to make note of
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to cool; to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; introduction (to); primer; entering through a gate
cooking class; cookery school
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring
to sniff out; to get wind of
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full