nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
after a long time; for the first time in a while
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)
(woman's) undersash; rolled omelette mixed with fish (paste) (omelet)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
candied (chestnuts); sweetened boiled fish
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
fish served whole (complete with head and tail)
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
to smile broadly; to grin widely
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
transcendence; excellence; superiority
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence