general term; generic name
(South) Korean cooking; (South) Korean food
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
Japanese cooking; Japanese cuisine
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
high rating; good reputation
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
diaphragmatic breathing; abdominal breathing
singing to one's own accompaniment; reciting while playing the shamisen, biwa, etc.
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
rock 'n' roller; rock and roller; rocker; rockabilly
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
leisure; leisure time; spare time
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
applicant; candidate; volunteer
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
Afro (hairstyle); Afro-; African
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
right side; right-hand side