cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
exactly as stated; verbatim
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
salad dressed with tofu, white sesame, and white miso
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
chawanmushi; savoury steamed egg custard with chicken, mushrooms, etc. (savory)
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
chicken tender; chicken tenderloin
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)