memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
to congratulate; to celebrate
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
trendy drama; genre of Japanese television drama made in 80s and 90s that focuses on contemporary, real-life issues
living; lifestyle; living room
a little; paltry; piddling; stud; chad
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
flutter kick (swimming); the thrash
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
show; exhibition; spectacle
combined living room, dining room and kitchen
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
fine jewel; article of excellent quality; beautiful woman; beauty
paste products (incl. sweets, fish paste, etc.); parade float; procession
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)
dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce; pot used to cook such a dish
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
coarse anko; coarse sweet red bean paste
well done!; bravo!; zenzai; red bean soup made with azuki beans
pounded fish cake; half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
distress; wretched condition
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn