ice cream with milk-solids content of 3% or greater
vegetables pickled in sake lees
leaping; jumping; spring; exciting
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
cowering; recoiling; overwhelmed
combination (e.g. of foodstuffs)
coarse anko; coarse sweet red bean paste
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
cushion to soften the blow; something that cushions the blow
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
well done!; bravo!; zenzai; red bean soup made with azuki beans
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
tingling; stinging; pungently
house across the street; neighbor across the street
mixture of bean jam, boiled beans, agar cubes, fruit pieces and syrup
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
nutrient; nutritional supplement; nutritional tonic
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
setting up specially; special installation
to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice); to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket
extremely spicy; fiery hot; extremely harsh (criticism, review, etc.); scathing
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)