kushikatsu; deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
breadcrumbs; panko; bread flour
food porn (i.e. appetizing pictures of food); terrorizing people by posting food porn
to distribute; to hand out
multi-level marketing; MLM; network marketing; pyramid selling
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
cooking class; cookery school
to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced; to be carried (of a number in addition)
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay
air of luxury; high class feel
natural laws; rule of heaven
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
slanted eyes; upturned eyes; eyes that are turned up at the outer corners
smallish; on the small side
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)
to object; to protest; to speak; to say; (arch.) hello!; (arch.) is anyone home?
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter