skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to surge; to well up; to gush out
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
refinement; elegance; grace
Japanese cooking; Japanese cuisine
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
to blow through; to blow across
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
to dish up; to arrange (food) on a plate
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
goods sold off through irregular channels (usu. at very low prices); merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels; fake merchandise; unlicensed merchandise; knockoff
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce
aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana); aloes-wood perfume; aloes-wood incense
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
photography; taking photographs
spirit photography; ghost photography
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
lecture; sermon; preaching; scolding; preaching; moralizing
about this time; about now
it's no joke; gimme a break!
rule; reign; government; governing
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
heredity; (genetic) inheritance