traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
to put someone to trouble
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
manners; behavior; behaviour
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to jump up and down; to hop
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
chilled udon noodles served with a separate dipping sauce
cold Chinese noodles served with a dipping sauce separately
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
feel; touch; manner (towards others); most impressive part; best part; beginning
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
udon with raw egg, and shoyu, dashi, etc.
to mix (e.g. water with flour); to dissolve (salt in water, paint, etc.); to scramble (eggs); to stir; to melt; to liquefy
waste heat; remaining heat; residual heat
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
scallion; green onion; spring onion
to fall continuously (of rain, snow, etc.); to fall hard; to fall heavily; to pour down
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
another; different; something else
complete collection; large collection; complete works
port city; harbor city; harbour city
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize