bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
(your) choice; preference; wish
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem
equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split
serious damage; heavy damage; being wrecked; thrashing (an opponent); crushing; giving a drubbing
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
recipe; (medical) prescription; how-to guide (e.g. for crafts)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
hostility; animosity; enmity
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
buzzing (e.g. of insects); chirring; whirring (e.g. of a reel); humming (of electronics); hissing
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
injury; harm; evil influence; damage