Vocabulary

• piping hot: Extremely hot; very hot.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• horse: Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
• tea: A full meal eaten around 5-7 p.m (in the UK)
• hot: Angry or excited
• quarter: 25 cents
• rice: Person's name
• fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
• knife: Long piece of metal you use for cutting things
• fish: Animal that swims and lives in water
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• green: Color of young leaves
• paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
• white: Person's name
• kitchen: Place where food is cooked
• watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
• ready: Being likely or about to do something
• onion: Strong-smelling, strong-tasting vegetable
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• towel: Piece of cloth used for drying things
• bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
• luck: Accidental way things happen, often good things
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• powder: Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
• lightly: In a gentle manner; with little weight or force
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• piping: To speak in a high-pitched voice, like a child
• millimeter: Unit of measure, 1/1000 of a meter (symbol mm)
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• inch: 1/12th of a foot (2.54 centimeters)
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• mixture: Something made by combining two or more things
• salty: Containing or tasting like salt
• steamed: To cover a surface with steam, so as to clean it
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• host: Mass; a great number
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• seaweed: Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
• mackerel: Fish with wavy marks on the back
• nori: Japanese seaweed
• mince: To grind meat, etc. into very small pieces
• fillet: Narrow piece or slice of boneless meat or fish
• savory: (Of taste) salty or spicy rather than sweet
• miso: Paste made from fermented soybeans and malt
• aroma: Noticeable pleasing smell
• grate: To shred food into very small pieces
• shredded: To tear or rip up something to small pieces
• moisture: Small amount of wetness that can be felt
• sesame: Tropical plant with seeds used as food in oil
• dashi: Japanese broth
• ginger: Being reddish-brown in color