Lesson 35 Vocabulary
English word English Definition English Example sentence
1 to be high-end to be expensive and high-quality The restaurant was really high-end; there was a dress-code and all the food was really expensive.
2 a skewer a stick, usually wooden, with which food is stabbed before being cooked The skewer contained three pieces of chicken and four onion pieces.
3 to order a round of ~ of alcoholic drinks, to order one drink for everyone in your group To begin, we ordered a round of beer, then we started looking at the menu.
4 to split the bill to divide the cost of dining among a group of people, or a couple We split the bill, because it was our first date.
5 to be authentic to be very close to the original version of something The Indian curry restaurant was in Osaka, but the curry was very authentic; it tasted like true Indian curry.
6 chicken thigh a piece of chicken that is made up of the chicken's upper leg I prefer chicken thighs over chicken wings; they have more meat.
7 a dipping sauce a sauce specially made for dipping your food into just before eating My favorite dipping sauce for french fries is ketchup.
8 chicken wings the "arms" of the chicken, a popular menu item Barbecue chicken wings are really good with some beer.
9 a dumpling a small roll made of bread-like material, inside of which is a filling of meat, beans, or vegetables Dumplings are really popular because they are easy to hold and eat, and they are quite cheap.
10 vinegar a sour liquid made by adding bacteria to weak alcohol Vinegar is essential for pickle-making.
11 a dish the general word for any food made by following a single recipe In my recipe book, there were recipes for many different kinds of chicken dishes.
12 rice wine wine made using rice as the starting material Rice wine is great, cold or hot.
13 plum wine wine made using plums as the starting material Ume-shu is an example of plum wine.
14 an aroma a word used to describe a pleasant smell The aroma of baking bread filled the kitchen.
15 a table charge a special fee that you have to pay simply in order to sit at a table in a restaurant Even if you don't order any food, the table charge is sometimes quite high.
16 sesame seed a kind of small light brown seed sometimes found on hamburger buns Sesame seeds are not very delicious to eat plain, but they are great if you grind them up.
17 a delicacy a food or drink that is very very special and exists only in limited quantities Fresh tomatoes are a delicacy only available in summer.
18 a pickle a vegetable that has been soaked in vinegar or salt in order to preserve it I like to put pickles on my hamburger; they give it a nice sour flavor.
19 cartilage a soft kind of bone that can be found in the joints of an animal Deep-fried chicken cartilage is a popular menu item in Japan.
20 a soybean pod the small, natural "case" in which soybeans grow I opened the soybean pod and found three soybeans inside, which I then ate.
21 mince meat that has been cut up into tiny tiny pieces I put the mince in a pan with some onions and turned on the heat.