to become pale; to turn pale
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
heart; guts; nerve; central part
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to recall; to remember; to recollect
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
together; at the same time; same; identical
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
God; god; ace; king; superior person
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
coating (esp. lacquering)
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
noted product; local specialty
yaki-fu (baked wheat gluten) cut in ring-shaped slices (Niigata specialty)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
as a child; when one was a child
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on