match (contest); to match with; to go well with
cake or snack served with tea
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
form; shape; figure; visage
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
of course; certainly; naturally
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
without; in the event that it did not (or does not) exist
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
(period of) a year; during an era
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)