pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables
meat sauce; Bolognese sauce
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
rotary cutting; thinly slicing into a long strip (e.g. daikon, carrot, wood for plywood, etc.)
river; stream; River; the ... river
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
Kiyomi orange (Citrus unshiu sinensis); type of tangor (tangerine-orange hybrid)
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
(your, his, her) daughter
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
potato starch; starch of dogtooth violet
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
war; battle; match; game; competition
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump