medium flame (cooking); medium heat; medium fire
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
extra effort; one small touch; small twist
mellow (flavor or fragrance, esp. alcohol); rich; full-bodied; superior
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
item; commodity; list of articles
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
manners; courtesy; etiquette
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
food steam-boiled in an earthenware teapot
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
vitality; energy; dynamism
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
sea level; (surface of) sea
return slot (for coins in a vending machine); drop-off point (for dirty dishes at a restaurant)
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear