dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder)
hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig)
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
mid-season crops; mid-season rice; mid-season vegetables; metacarpus
melodica; pianica; blow-organ; keyboard harmonica
whenever they come together
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
blow; hit (on the body); beating
busy (phone); in talks; discussion underway
patient's registration ticket
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
extreme height; high-rise (i.e. building)
prepaid (phone, card, etc.)
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
starting; engaging; expenses; costs; attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go); barb
shop that handles Western-style apparel and accessories
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
feeling great (refreshed)
high-functioning; high-performance; sophisticated
sickness and health start with the mind
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
prize for perfect attendance
dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit
to act the goody-goody; to pretend to be nice
chocolate bar; bar of chocolate
two at a time; two by two; in twos
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
pocket tissue; small package of tissues
faking crying; crocodile tears
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition