grasp; catch; understanding
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
whole roast (e.g. pig, turkey, etc.)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to scrape off; to shave off
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
lollo rosso; red-leaf lettuce
leafy vegetables; green vegetables
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
corpulence; fatness; obesity
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
regional cuisine; local cuisine
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder