mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
cake or snack served with tea
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
bento; Japanese box lunch
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
to change (one's clothes)
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
details; particulars; everything; every last detail
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
bowl; pot; (plant) pot; flowerpot; crown (of the head); skull
major cleanup; spring cleaning
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
police officer; policeman; constable
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
including ...; inclusive of ...; bundling together (items of different size, quality, etc.); lumping together; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second