pride; boast; credit (to)
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
relatively; comparatively
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)
dressing; dressing; putting on clothes
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
wild harvested nori; jelly lichen (Collema sp.)
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
(for one's stomach) to rumble
seasoning with salt; amount of salt
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full
Champagne glass; Champagne flute
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
pineapple (Ananas comosus)
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
the way one works; one's working manner
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
water that has been used to wash rice
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
after having come this far; now that we've come this far