broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box
by virtue of one's office; in the nature of one's duties
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
to be prominently ...; to be persistently ...
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
way of eating; how to eat
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
phi; diameter (units assumed, esp. mm)
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
fluently; without hesitation; without faltering