chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
patting; stroking; caressing
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
when it becomes; when it comes to
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
love triangle; eternal triangle
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
rice cake shop keeper; rice cake store (shop)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
Bon holidays; Bon holiday period (in mid-August)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
father; dad; husband; you; he
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
bank; banking institution
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
shopping; purchased goods
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
thank you for your continued patronage
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which