warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
falling apart while cooking
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
lunch monitor; student responsible for school lunch distribution and clean-up
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
dressing; dressing; putting on clothes
piece; fragment; one (object)
(United States of) America; USA
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
menu; list of meals (e.g. for the week)
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly
wholesale supermarket; supermarket catering to businesses
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal