skillful handling of a kitchen knife
evening meal; supper; dinner
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping; tenuki; playing elsewhere on the board instead of responding locally
means; way; method; measure
to go past; to pass; to pass by
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
product; produce; result; fruit
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
one leap (i.e. skipping intermediate stages); one jump; one step; jumping (with both feet together)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to return a favor (favour); to repay
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
deep-frying; deep-fried food; abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in
to head home; to leave for home
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to feel a chill run down one's spine
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
school rules; school regulations
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
in order; in turn; one by one
sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)