centrifugal sugar; sugar freed from liquid by a centrifuge
molasses; black treacle; (sugar) syrup
non-centrifugal sugar; sugar extracted by evaporation
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
dark sweet liquid produced after the third heating in a thermal sugar-refining process; brown sugar
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
solid (body); solid matter; solid food
okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu
coagulant; coagulating agent
bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
wooden form; wooden model; wooden pattern
beforehand; in advance; previously
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
named after; associated with; connected with
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
filtering through silk cloth; straining through silk cloth
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
green laver (Enteromorpha); green dried seaweed; nori
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin; extra-fine woollen yarn
bifurcation; branch; branched; rami-