baked seaweed; toasted seaweed
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa); perilla; beefsteak plant
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
cooking; food preparation
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
simple; easy; convenient; handy
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
large serving; large portion
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
chain (of); series (of); sequence; suite (e.g. of rooms)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
stranger; visitor; outsider
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
ground wave; terrestrial broadcast signal (i.e. not satellite); terrestrial; over-the-air; terrestrial broadcasting; over-the-air broadcasting
government management; state management