gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
tonkotsu ramen; pork bone broth ramen
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
verbal message; word (from someone)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
dental brushing; brushing one's teeth; dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
breathing of a sleeping person
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
same; similar; (just) like; equal
cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
detective agency; enquiry agency
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
way (of doing); manner; method; means
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
written investigation; report of an investigation; school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
transgender; transgender person
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
hormone; cows' or pigs' offal (entrails)