enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to turn towards; to point
encouragement rally; pep rally; spirit rally
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
taste; palate; sense of taste
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
only recently; just of late
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
discovery; detection; finding
hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste
difficult to ...; hard to ...
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
perception; sensing; noticing
beginning (of a century, etc.)
Ikeda Kikunae (1864.10.8-1936.5.3)
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
monosodium glutamate; MSG; sodium glutamate
ingredient; component; composition
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
question; inquiry; enquiry
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
that is to say; so that means
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)