roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
(sense of) taste; counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
inscrutable; incomprehensible
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
dozens; scores of; decades
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice; front pocket in a haragake
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
to put into the mouth; to eat
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
rest; break; recess; intermission
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
preparation; arrangements
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product
freshly ground (coffee, pepper, etc.)
pull-top; pop-top; pop top; pull tab
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
one breath; chug!; drink!
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on