Omachi rice; late growing wet-land rice variety, often used in sake production
seriously delicious; very skillful; proficient
to be saucy (of children); to be impudent; to be cheeky; to be sassy; to be precocious
what type of thing; which one
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
best photograph; best shot
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd
fox with supernatural powers
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
how should I know?; don't ask me
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
beautiful woman; pretty girl
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
photo book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
hometown; rural township (of China)
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
uninhabited island; desert island
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
sampling food; tasting; trying
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
to be discouraged; to shrink from