My words

取り合わせ

とりあわせ

an assortment, combination

舌触り

したざわり

texture of food

に限らず

にかぎらず

not limited to, not just ...

滑らか

なめらか すべらか

smooth (e.g. skin or ground), glassy, velvety, fluent, smooth (speaking), without a hitch

業

わざ

deed act work performance karma (ie actions committed in a former life)

モノ作り

ものづくり モノづくり ものつくり モノつくり

manufacturing, craftsmanship, making things by hand, making New-Year's decorations, preparing fields, farming, farmer

御家芸

おいえげい

one's specialty, one's forte, specialty of a kabuki school

禁断症状

きんだんしょうじょう

withdrawal symptoms, abstinence syndrome

副作用

ふくさよう

reaction, secondary effect, side effect, adverse reaction；side-effect, side effect

バリカン

barber's clippers

援交

えんこう

dating with compensation (payments, financial support, etc.), schoolgirl prostitution

暗殺

あんさつ

assassination

実習

じっしゅう

practice, practising, training (esp. practical and hands-on), drill

名指し

なざし

nomination, calling names

仮免

かりめん

temporary licence, temporary license, provisional licence, provisional license

絶賛

ぜっさん

high praise, great admiration, rave reviews

滞在

たいざい

stay, sojourn

お得

おとく

economical, bargain, good value, good-value

貿易

ぼうえき

trade (foreign)

不満

ふまん

dissatisfaction, displeasure, discontent, complaints, unhappiness, disgruntled

協議

きょうぎ

conference, consultation, discussion, negotiation

戦場

せんじょう

battlefield, battleground

詰まり

つまり

that is to say, that is, in other words, I mean, in short, in brief, to sum up, ultimately, in the end, in the long run, when all is said and done, what it all comes down to, when you get right down to it, basically, clogging, obstruction, stuffing, (degree of) blockage, shrinkage, end, conclusion, dead end, corner, distress, being at the end of one's rope

戦略

せんりゃく

strategy, tactics

見聞

けんぶん けんもん

information, observation

基づく

もとづく

to be grounded on, to be based on, to be due to, to originate from

barely alive

死にかけ

崇める

あがめる

to revere, to respect, to worship

丸見え

まるみえ

full view, plain sight, completely visible

刺々

とげとげ トゲトゲ

sharply, harshly, stingingly