sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
entrails; giblets; guts; internal organs
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
be (that) as it may; having said that
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch
12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
arm; skill; efforts; ability
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication