number one; first; best; most; game; round
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
strained bean paste; smooth anko; fine-grained sweet bean paste
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy
party; set; gang; company; person
consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
(someone else's) daughter
suffix for familiar person
roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
your husband; her husband
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
chicken bones; chicken carcass
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
something like ...; something called ...
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
medium thickness; medium width
frizz; kink; crimp; curls (hair, noodles, leaves, etc.)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
piece; fragment; one (object)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to become empty; to be emptied