dessert (esp. in Italian cuisine); sweets; cake; dolce; (to be performed) gently and sweetly
annual (plant); first-year student
instead; but (on the other hand)
very; extremely; excessively
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
close; intimate; on good terms
living by oneself; living alone
in one's own way or style
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
cooperation; collaboration
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
the first star to appear in the evening
evening star; Vesper; Hesperus; Venus in the evening sky
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted