shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki; waterfall resembling a white sheet
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
first meeting; first interview with
sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki)
stew; food cooked in a pot
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to watch over; to watch attentively
time; hour; season; time of the year
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
particularly; only; in the case of
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; (lit.) hotpot boss
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
(someone else's) daughter
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
excellent; very good; exultant; elated
three-second rule (food hygiene myth); three seconds rule (basketball)
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
second (unit of time); arc second
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
failing to recognize someone; underestimation
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
living by oneself; living alone
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to live; to make a living; to get on with
(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery; memorial park