Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
with a crack; with a tearing sound; with a ripping sound; stylish; smart; dapper
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
movie; film; motion picture
location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)
general public; the masses
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant
large-headed dwarf statue, bringer of good luck
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
vinegared dish; pickled dish
brewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)
famous brand of sake; choice sake
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
pure rice; (of sake, vinegar, etc) made from only rice, kōji, and water; junmai sake (sake in which the only ingredients are rice and yeast)
refined sake not diluted in water; undiluted sake; unblended whisky (whiskey)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
Korean rockfish (Sebastes schlegelii); Schlegel's black rockfish
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
absentmindedly; vacantly; dully; to be unattractive; to be unsophisticated; to be unrefined
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul