thick; bulky; massive; heavy
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
relatively cheap; relatively inexpensive; on the cheap side; lowish (price)
assortment; product lineup
economical; economy size; family size (esp. of packaged food)
thinly-sliced pork; chopped pork
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to be (deeply) moving; to pack an (emotional) punch; to be emotionally touching; to strike home; to strike a chord
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
autumn eggplant; eggplant picked in the autumn
mabo nasu; fried eggplant with minced meat and chili sauce
scoring two waza-ari (and winning the match); combination of techniques; mixed methods
tonkotsu ramen; pork bone broth ramen
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
pork bone soup; pork broth