ice cream with milk-solids content of 3% or greater
vegetables pickled in sake lees
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
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.)
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
house across the street; neighbor across the street
mixture of bean jam, boiled beans, agar cubes, fruit pieces and syrup
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
nutrient; nutritional supplement; nutritional tonic
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
setting up specially; special installation
to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice); to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close
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)
grotesque; disgusting; gross
rice and curry; curry rice
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
private affairs; personal matter
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
submersion; inundation; being flooded
clearing one's throat; cough
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness