stone oven; masonry oven; brick oven
Japanese sea bass (Lateolabrax japonicus)
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at someone's expense)
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
courteous; decorous; polite
table manners; dining etiquette
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
for two people; (work) of two; (meals) for two
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
shellfish removed from the shell; shucked shellfish
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
they; those guys; those fellows
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
big problem; major issue; big controversy
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-
three dimensions; 3D; 3-D; real world; IRL; in real life
two dimensions; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn; two-dimensional
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly