daily set meal; daily special; plat du jour
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (esp. in an online game)
food cooked in miso; cooking in miso
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)
set meal; special (of the day)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
big problem; major issue; big controversy
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
fast-talking; rapid talking
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
had better ...; had better not ...
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
fried oysters; deep-fried oysters