to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
preserved food boiled in sweetened soy sauce
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
maid; helper; help; assistance
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
contract; compact; agreement
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
several times (as large, over)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.); reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.); having
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
major powers of the world; great powers
interference; intervention; meddling
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to hold fast; to protect to the end