regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
production (e.g. play); direction
returning from school; going home from school
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
simmering; (boiling) gently
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
back street; back alley; off-street
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
kitchen with a small counter for eating, usu. allowing a view into the living and dining rooms
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
to rise; to erect; to get up
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
paper towel; kitchen paper; kitchen roll
disinfection; sterile filtration
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
Koshihikari (variety of rice)
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
origin; appearance of auspicious omen