cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
because; the reason why is
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
new line; new paragraph; newline (e.g. LF, CR, CRLF)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to expel; to eject; to push out; to force out
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to make a list; to enumerate
personage; person (deserving of respect)
rare; extraordinary; singular
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
pain and itching; mental anguish; unhealthy emotions
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
modern Japanese; current written style
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet