to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
freshly boiled (rice); freshly cooked; steaming; piping hot
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
natto (fermented soybeans)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
to spend time (on doing something)
someone; a certain person
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
not worth considering; out of the question
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup