sweet tooth; love of sweet things
being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention
soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
living by oneself; living alone
birthday party; birthday meet-up
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
impudent; shameless; brazen
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
not understanding; not knowing
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article
such a thing; something like that
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
back off!; leave me alone!
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of