presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
lidded pottery or receptacle
daily rate; (day-by-day) schedule; program
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
grill or grate for toasting rice cakes
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
tissue paper; facial tissue; paper handkerchief
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods; sake
soba given to one's new neighbors after moving in
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
charcoal; charred remains
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
Japan and the Philippines
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
strictly; severely; fully; closely; tightly
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
to push away; to push aside; to shove
pressing clothes, etc. by placing them under the bedding while one sleeps
to be worried; to be troubled
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)