lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
how; in what way; how about
objection; dissent; protest
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
heave-ho!; one-two-three heave!
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
blind man; masseur (usu. blind)
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to mix; to stir; to blend
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
food packed in nest of lacquered boxes
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
Okinawan-style stewed pork cubes; boned pork rib meat, cut into 5 cm squares, stewed in awamori, soy, dashi broth, and sugar
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut
mosaic; pixelated obscuring in images and video, usu. for censorship
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
all sorts of; all kinds of
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic