ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
extensive; vast range; wide scope
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
process; course; mechanism
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat
seafood seasoned with salt and sake then steamed
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
one's financial situation; one's finances; state of one's purse
citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
back (side); reverse; B side (of a record); secret levels; hidden levels
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to be entwined; to be involved
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
sniff-sniff (of an animal); whining; whimpering
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
very much; exceedingly; extremely
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
brown colour (created by roasting or firing)