high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)
to cook (esp. grains such as rice, by boiling); to finish cooking
spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
parents' observation day (at school); parents' visiting day; open day
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
changing one's dress (e.g. at the wedding reception)
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit; succession; continuation; series
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
famous (commercial) establishment; well-known store (shop, restaurant)
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
official in charge; person in charge
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
brand name; trade name; product name
freezing weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
weave; weaving; woven item
condition of fire; heat level; fire strength
origin; source; virtuous ancestor
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
regular customer; valued client
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
quantity or volume of water
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
family a woman has married into