base isolated system; quake-absorbing structure
Japanese style; Japanese fashion
travel to relieve heartbreak; sentimental journey
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
to carry through; to achieve; to complete
closing of a school; closed school
to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
handicraft; industrial art object
store name; shop name; restaurant name
to set up shop; to open a store
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
mature woman; middle-aged woman
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
vocational school; technical school
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
sweet and sour; bittersweet
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
fat; tallow; lard; grease
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course