elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
soft yellow-green; subdued pea green; tea green
decorative string used to hold a kimono sash in place
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
how; in what way; how about; questionable
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
elegance; taste; refinement
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
four-legged tray for festive food
food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink
sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
taste; feel on the tongue; manner; demeanour; demeanor
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
pure rice; (of sake, vinegar, etc) made from only rice, kōji, and water; junmai sake (sake in which the only ingredients are rice and yeast)
top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)
it is I who should say so
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
shishito pepper (variety of Capsicum annuum)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions
to dress (e.g. a salad); to toss (in a sauce or dressing)
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga); myoga ginger; mioga ginger
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency