dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to get angry; to snap
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
to mix in (e.g. an ingredient)
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
correction; revision; amendment
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
magnanimity; forgiveness; generosity
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
likability; favorability; popularity
rise; increase; upload; posting online; close-up; completion of filming; upswept hairstyle
pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryō system)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
cough cough; with a (wet) cough; violently (coughing)
beauties die young; beauty and luck seldom go together
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world
to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")